Melongena subcoronata
UNB-2019-0662Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Melongena (Schumacher, 1817)
Species: Melongena subcoronata (Heilprin, 1887)
Turbinate dextral specimen with five whorls. Broad ribs with nodes. Spiral ornamentation is thin. Aperture is large, oval in shape with a short siphonal canal. Spire is small in comparison with the first large body whorl.
Specifications
| Object name | Melongena subcoronata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0662 |
| 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: Neogene to Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene to Pleistocene Age: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene |
| Numeric age | 2 - 2 Mya |
| Origin | La Belle, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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