Sycostoma pyrus
UNB-2019-0679Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Sycostoma (Cox, 1931)
Species: Sycostoma pyrus (Solander, 1766)
Specimen of turbinate/fusiform dextral shell with four whorls; One large body whorl and three small whorls composing the spire.Slight growth lines are visible on the whorls. Oval shape aperture with visible inner aperture lip. Siphonal canal is long.
Specifications
| Object name | Sycostoma pyrus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0679 |
| 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: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene Age: Lutetian to Priabonian |
| Numeric age | 47.8 - 37.8 Mya |
| Origin | Barton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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