Inoceramus vancouverensis
UNB-2018-0767Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Myalinida
Family: Inceramidae
Genus: Inoceramus (Sowerby, 1814)
Species: Inoceramus vancouverensis (Shumard, 1858)
Specimen of the right valve with large prominent growth lines. Circular ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Inoceramus vancouverensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0767 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous |
| Numeric age | 145 Mya |
| Origin | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Sowerby. 1814. "A paper by Mr. Sowerby was read on a fossil shell which occurs in chalk, very frequently in the flint nodules". Annals of Philosophy 4:448