Mytilus edulis
UNB-2019-0768Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Mytilida
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Mytilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species: Mytilus edulis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Two oval shape specimens of individual right and left valves, with a rounded ventral margin. Thin prominent growth lines with visible adductor scars in the interior portion of the valves.
Specifications
| Object name | Mytilus edulis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0768 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Quaternary |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | Chaleur Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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