Melongena melongena
UNB-2018-0880Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Melongena (Schumacher, 1817)
Species: Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fifteen turbinate/obconic specimens with six to eight whorls; One large body whorl and the other smaller whorls composing a small spire. Thin growth lines and transverse spiral ornamentation visible on the whorls. Prominent spines on the body whorl. Large, rounded/rectangular aperture with prominent inductura on the inner lip of the aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Melongena melongena |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0880 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Jamaica |
| Pieces | 15 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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