Cancellaria sp.
UNB-2019-0957Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Cancellaria (Lamarck, 1799)
Four elongated turbinate dextral specimens with six to eight whorls. Large body whorl and the other whorls composing a large, thin, elongated spire. Thin ribs and transverse spiral ornamentation along the whorls. Thin oval aperture with inductura on the inner lip. Short siphonal canal. Two of the specimens have a varices on the outer lip of the aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Cancellaria sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0957 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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