Xenophora agglutinans

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Superorder: Latrogastropoda Family: Xenophoridae Genus: Xenophora (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Species: Xenophora agglutinans (Lamarck, 1804) Small trochoid dextral specimen with four whorls. Thin, longitudinal spiral ornamentation is visible on the whorls. Small circular aperture. Small umbilicus.

Specifications

Object nameXenophora agglutinans
IDUNB-2018-0654
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
CompositionCalcium carbonate
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Cenozoic
Period:
Paleogene
Epoch:
Eocene
Age:
Lutetian to Priabonian
Numeric age47.8 - 37.8 Mya
OriginBarton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Pieces1
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 1cm x 0.9cm x 0.6cm

Map of Origin