Maclurina manitobensis
UNB-2018-0874Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Macluritidae
Genus: Maclurina (Ulrich and Scofield, 1897)
Species: Maclurina manitobensis (Whiteaves, 1890)
Large dextral coiled specimen with four visible whorls. Faint transverse spiral ornamentation visible on the first whorl. Weathered specimen. Small, stout prismatic colourless Quartz crystals are visible on the umbilicus.
Specifications
| Object name | Maclurina manitobensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0874 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Dolomite , Quartz |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Epoch: Upper Ordovician Age: Katian |
| Numeric age | 453 Mya |
| Origin | Garson, Manitoba, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. F. Whiteaves. 1890. Descriptions of eight new species of fossils from the Cambro-Silurian rocks of Manitoba. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 76:75-83
- E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081