Mytilarca chemungensis
UNB-2018-0788Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Myalinida
Family: Ambonychiidae
Genus: Mytilarca (Hall and Whitfield, 1869)
Species: Mytilarca chemungensis (Conrad, 1842)
Specimen with both the left and right valves preserved. Prominent growth lines. Rounded ventral and dorsal margin.
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Specifications
| Object name | Mytilarca chemungensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0788 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian Epoch: Upper Devonian Age: Frasnian |
| Numeric age | 382.7 Mya |
| Origin | Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Hall and R. P. Whitfield. 1869. Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones, part 2.