Turritella plebia
UNB-2018-0652Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Turritella (Lamarck, 1799)
Species: Turritella plebia (Say, 1824)
Turriform dextral specimen with ten whorls. Thin, transverse spiral ornamentation on the whorls. Circular aperture. Slight callus on the inner lip of the aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Turritella plebia |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0652 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene to Helvetian |
| Numeric age | 16 Mya |
| Origin | Calvert County, Maryland, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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