Tympanotonos fuscatus
UNB-2019-0725Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Tympanotonus (Schumacher, 1817)
Species: Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Three turriform dextral specimens with varying number of whorls. Spiral ornamentation is prominent on the whorls. Rounded aperture is preserved in all specimens.
Specifications
| Object name | Tympanotonos fuscatus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0725 |
| 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: Paleocene to Eocene Age: Thanetian to Ypresian |
| Numeric age | 59.2 - 56 Mya |
| Origin | Swanscombe, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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