Turris sp.
UNB-2019-0932Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus Turris (Röding, 1798)
Two specimens of turreted/turbinate dextral shell with four to six whorls. Curved ribs with faint spiral ornamentation. Elongated oval aperture with medium siphonal canal.
Specifications
| Object name | Turris sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0932 |
| 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 | Conveyor Belt, Swanscombe, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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