Myalina copei
UNB-2018-0770Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Myalinida
Family: Myalinidae
Genus: Myalina (de Koninck, 1842)
Species: Myalina copei (Whitfield, 1902)
Two specimens of an individual left and right valve. Visible growth lines and prominent posterior ridge. Rounded/straight ventral margin and triangular dorsal margin. Specimens are encrusted with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Myalina copei |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0770 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Pennsylvanian Epoch: Upper Pennsylvanian Age: Virgilian |
| Numeric age | 303 Mya |
| Origin | Stephens County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- L. G. de Koninck. 1842. Description des animaux fossiles qui se trouvent dans le terrain carbonifére de Belgique