Trigonia sp.
UNB-2018-0812Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Trigoniida
Family: Trigoniidae
Genus: Trigonia (Bruguière, 1789)
Specimen with both the right and left valves preserved. Curved, longitudinal ribs. Elongated hinge ligament. Lunule is encrusted with sediment. Triangular umbo. Rounded ventral margin that is elongated towards there posterior end.
*Collected in 1878.
Specifications
| Object name | Trigonia sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0812 |
| 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 Epoch: Lower Cretaceous to Upper Cretaceous Age: Albian to Campanian |
| Numeric age | 113 - 83.6 Mya |
| Origin | Skidegate Inlet, Alliford Bay, British Columbia, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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