Dentalium neohexagonum
UNB-2019-0896Fossils » 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)
Small, thin conical specimens with a hexagonal aperture and longitudinal ornamentation from the aperture to the apex.
Specifications
| Object name | Dentalium neohexagonum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0896 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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