Maclurina manitobensis
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Macluritidae
Genus: Maclurina (Ulrich and Scofield, 1897)
Species: Maclurina manitobensis (Whiteaves, 1890)
Large planispiral dextral specimen with three whorls. The inner whorls are heavily weathered and encrusted with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Maclurina manitobensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0642 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Limestone, Dolomite |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Epoch: Upper Ordovician Age: Katian |
| Numeric age | 453 Mya |
| Origin | Garson, Manitoba, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. F. Whiteaves. 1890. Descriptions of eight new species of fossils from the Cambro-Silurian rocks of Manitoba. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 76:75-83
- E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081