Melania inquinata
UNB-2019-0726Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thianidae
Genus: Melania (Röding, 1798)
Species: Melania inquinata (Defrance, 1823)
Six turriform dextral specimens with varying number of whorls. Growth lines are thin on the whorls. Small knobs on whorls with some slight ornamentation visible on some of the specimens.
Specifications
| Object name | Melania inquinata |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0726 |
| 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 | 6 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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