Worthenia tabulata
UNB-2018-0650Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Orthogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Murchisoniina
Family: Phymatopleuridae
Genus: Worthenia (de Koninck, 1883)
Species: Worthenia tabulata (Conrad, 1835)
Three trochoidal specimens, labeled a-c, with four to five whorls. The two smaller specimens are more weathered compared to the largest specimen. Transverse nodes along the shoulder of the whorls. Prominent selenizone. Circular aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Worthenia tabulata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0650 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Upper Pennsylvanian Age: Virgilian |
| Numeric age | 303 Mya |
| Origin | Stephens County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- T. A. Conrad. 1835. Description of five new species of fossil shells in the collection presented by Mr. Edward Miller to the Geological Society. Transactions of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania 1(1):267-270
- L. G. de Koninck. 1883. Faune du calcaire carbonifère de la Belgique, 4e partie, Gastéropodes (suite en fin). Musée Royale d’Historie Naturelle Belgique Annales, Série Paléontoloque 8:1-240