Fusinus sp.
UNB-2019-0950Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Fusinus (Rafinesque, 1815)
Sixteen fusiform dextral specimens with a large spire. Large, broad ribs with thin spiral ornamentation and faint growth lines. Thin, oval shape aperture with long siphonal canal. Concave sutures between each whorl.
Specifications
| Object name | Fusinus sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0950 |
| 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: Eocene Age: Lutetian to Priabonian |
| Numeric age | 47.8 - 37.8 Mya |
| Origin | Barton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 16 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements | Too many to measure |