Dentalium striatum
UNB-2019-0898Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Scaphopoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Dentaliida
Family: Dentaliidae
Genus: Dentalium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species: Dentaloum striatum (Sowerby, 1816)
Two conical specimens with rounded apertures. Longitudinal and transversal ridges.
Specifications
| Object name | Dentalium striatum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0898 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Scaphopoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene Age: Lutetian to Priabonian |
| Numeric age | 47.8 - 37.8 Mya |
| Origin | Barton, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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