Myalina kansasensis
UNB-2018-0796Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Myalinida
Family: Myalinidae
Genus: Myalina (de Koninck, 1842)
Species: Myalina kansasensis (Shumard and Swallow, 1858)
Specimen with both the right and left valves preserved. Prominent growth lines and posterior ridge. Small, triangular umbo. Oval, elongated ventral margin and triangular/rounded dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Myalina kansasensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0796 |
| 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 |
| Numeric age | 323.2 Mya |
| Origin | Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- B. F. Shumard and G.C. Swallow. 1858. Descriptions of new fossils from the Coal Measures of Missouri and Kansas. Academy of Science of St. Louis Transactions 1:198-227
- L. G. de Koninck. 1842. Description des animaux fossiles qui se trouvent dans le terrain carbonifére de Belgique