Aporrhais sp.
UNB-2018-0639Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superorder: Latrogastropoda
Family: Aporrhaidae
Genus: Aporrhais (da Costa, 1778)
Speices: Aporrhais nuptralis? (cannot find classification online)
Small elongated turbinate dextral specimen with four whorls; One large body whorl and three small whorls composing a spire. Apex of spire is missing. Prominent sutures. Thin elongated aperture that is infilled with sediment. Specimen is encrusted with sediment and weathered.
Specifications
| Object name | Aporrhais sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0639 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Upper Cretaceous Age: Cenomanian to Turonian |
| Numeric age | 100.5 - 93.9 Mya |
| Origin | Buhl, Minnesota, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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