Dentalium neohexagonum
UNB-2019-0777Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Scaphopoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Dentaliida
Family: Dentaliidae
Genus: Dentalium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species: Dentalium neohexagonum (Sharp and Pilsbry, 1897)
Four, thin conical specimens with thin longitudinal ribs and faint growth lines. Apex of the shells is preserved. Rounded-pentagonal aperture. Hollowed shells.
Specifications
| Object name | Dentalium neohexagonum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0777 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Scaphopoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene to Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene to Pleistocene Age: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene |
| Numeric age | 2 - 2 Mya |
| Origin | Ventura, Ventura County, California, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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