Nassa senilis
UNB-2019-0959Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Nassa (Röding, 1798)
Species: Nassa senilis (Pallary, 1910)
Four small elongated turbinate dextral specimens with six whorls; One large body whorl and the rest compose a medium size spire. Faint curved ribs with thin transverse spiral ornamentation. Oval aperture with inductura on the inner lip. Short siphonal canal. Two specimens show evidence of predation on the body whorl near the aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Nassa senilis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0959 |
| 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: Miocene Age: Tortonian |
| Numeric age | 11.63 Mya |
| Origin | Montegibbio, Italy |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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