Urosalpinx stimpsoni
UNB-2019-0948Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Urosalpinx (Stimpson, 1865)
Species: Urosalpinx stimpsoni (Dall, 1927)
Turbinate dextral specimen with four whorls. Prominent transverse spiral ornamentation and faint nodes along each whorl. Large oval aperture with inductura on the inner lip. Short siphonal canal. Evidence of predation on the first whorl.
Specifications
| Object name | Urosalpinx stimpsoni |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0948 |
| 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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