Aporrhais sowerbii
UNB-2019-0925Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superorder: Latrogastropoda
Family: Aporrhaidae
Genus: Aporrhais (da Costa, 1778)
Species: Aporrhais sowerbii (Fleming, 1828)
Turbinate dextral specimen with four whorls, apex of spire is missing. Curved, prominent ribs along the whorls. Aperture is elongated, rounded/rectangular and is infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Aporrhais sowerbii |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0925 |
| 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: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene to Eocene Age: Thanetian to Ypresian |
| Numeric age | 59.2 - 56 Mya |
| Origin | England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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