Hormotoma sp.

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Order: Murchisoniina Family: Hormotomidae Genus: Hormotoma (Salter, 1859) Eight specimens, labeled a to h, of various different species of Hormotoma. Turbinate dextral shells. Two to five whorls that are slight elongated. Whorls are rounded and the sutures are infilled with sediment. Some specimens are slightly flatted from preservation. *Specimen A moved to the Palaeo Display.

Specifications

Object name	Hormotoma sp.
ID	UNB-2018-0651
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: Ordovician
Numeric age	485.4 Mya
Origin	Unknown
Pieces	8
Partial	No
Measurements	Largest: 0.8cm x 0.7cm x 1.3cm Smallest: 2.3cm x 2cm x 3.2cm Average: 1.3cm x 0.8cm x 2.5cm

Publications

J. W. Salter. 1859. Figures and descriptions of Canadian organic remains