Heilprinia caloosaensis

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Family: Fasciolariidae Genus: Heilprinia (Grabau, 1900) Species: Heilprinia caloosaensis (Heilprin, 1887) Small, fusiform dextral shell with long siphonal canal. Thin growth lines. Prominent ornamentation along the whorls. Small rounded aperture.

Specifications

Object nameHeilprinia caloosaensis
IDUNB-2019-0667
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
CompositionCalcium carbonate
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Cenozoic
Period:
Neogene to Quaternary
Epoch:
Pliocene to Pleistocene
Age:
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene
Numeric age2 - 2 Mya
OriginPinella County, Florida, U.S.A.
Pieces1
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 3.3cm x 1.2cm x 1.2cm

Map of Origin