Buccinum undatum
UNB-2019-0767Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Buccinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species: Buccinum undatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Five large turbinate dextral shells with three to four whorls. Thin spiral ornamentation with prominent ribs on the body whorl and spire. Large rounded aperture with a very short siphonal canal. Large inductura on inner lip of the aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Buccinum undatum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0767 |
| 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 | Mascarene Point |
| Pieces | 5 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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