Oliva sp.
UNB-2019-0947Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva (Bruguière, 1789)
Species: Oliva webbi? (Cannot find classification online)
Bi-conical dextral specimen with five whorls; One large body whorl, and the rest of the smaller whorls composing the spire. Thin, elongated aperture that turns inwards on the body whorl. Prominent sutures between each whorl. Sight spiral ornamentation visible on the body whorl near the aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Oliva sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0947 |
| 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: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene Age: Early Pliocene |
| Numeric age | 5 Mya |
| Origin | Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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