Busycon sp.
UNB-2019-0785Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Busycon (Röding, 1798)
Large sub-pyriform/biconic dextral shell with five whorls; One large body whorl with four smaller whorls that form the spire. Growth lines visible on the body whorl, spiral ornamentation seen on the whorls forming the spire. Nodes are present along the margin of the whorls. Large oval aperture with a long siphonal canal. Part of the body whorl is broken. Columella visible.
Specifications
| Object name | Busycon sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0785 |
| 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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