Cardium sp.
UNB-2018-0849Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Cardium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Two specimens; One specimen of the left valve and one specimen of the right valve. Longitudinal ribs with the basal part of spines near the ventral/anterior margin of the valves. Rounded, convex umbo. Faint adductor scars are visible in the interior part of the valve. Heterodont dentition. Circular ventral margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Cardium sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0849 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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