Pitar (Calpitaria) obliqua
UNB-2019-0722Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Pitar (Römer, 1857)
Species: Pitar (Calpitaria) obliqua (Deshayes, 1825)
Four specimens with three of the specimens being broken near the ventral margin. Three specimens are of the right valves and one is the left valve. Growth lines are thin. Umbo is off-centred and curves towards the interior part of the valve. Heterodont dentition.
Specifications
| Object name | Pitar (Calpitaria) obliqua |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0722 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene to Eocene Age: Thanetian to Ypresian |
| Numeric age | 59.2 - 56 Mya |
| Origin | Swanscombe, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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