Busycon sp.
UNB-2019-0734Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Busycon (Röding, 1798)
Large biconic/pyriform dextral shell with four complete whorls. The body whorl is large with nodules along the margin. Short spire. Slight growth lines visible on the whorls composing the spire. Large oval aperture with short siphonal canal. Inductura slightly visible on the inner lip of the aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Busycon sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0734 |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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