Planorbis sp.

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Heterostropha Family: Planorbidae Genus: Planorbis (Muller, 1774) Eighteen dextral planispiral specimens that are hard to distinguish characteristics with the naked eye.

Specifications

Object namePlanorbis sp.
IDUNB-2019-0936
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
CompositionCalcium carbonate
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Cenozoic
Period:
Paleogene
Epoch:
Paleocene to Eocene
Age:
Thanetian to Ypresian
Numeric age59.2 - 56 Mya
OriginConveyor Belt, Swanscombe, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Pieces18
PartialNo
Measurements Too small to measure

Map of Origin