Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons
UNB-2019-0681Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus (Montfort, 1810)
Subgenus: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) (Montfort, 1810)
Species: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons (Lamarck, 1822)
Large turbinate dextral shell with four whorls. Whorls have prominent frilled varices and spiral ornamentation. Rounded oval aperture with inductura on inner lip of aperture. Short siphonal canal. Some small barnacles on the first whorl and one valve of bivalve embedded on the first whorl.
Specifications
| Object name | Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0681 |
| 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 | Drunkenman's Cay, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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