Chione casinoides
UNB-2018-0760Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Chione (von Mühlfield, 1811)
Species: Chione casinoides (Basterot, 1825)
Small right valve with prominent growth lines. Rounded, curved umbo. Heterodont dentition. Rounded ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Chione casinoides |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0760 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene Age: Burdigalian |
| Numeric age | 20.44 Mya |
| Origin | Leognan, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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