Phrontis tegula
UNB-2019-0952Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Phrontis (Adams and Adams, 1853)
Species: Phrontis tegula (Reeve, 1853)
Turbinate dextral specimen with five rounded whorls. Large prominent ribs with thin spiral ornamentation. Small, circular aperture with short siphonal canal.
Specifications
| Object name | Phrontis tegula |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0952 |
| 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 to Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene to Pleistocene Age: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene |
| Numeric age | 2 - 2 Mya |
| Origin | San Diego, California, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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