Pleurotomaria sp.
UNB-2019-0962Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Vetigastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Pleurotomaria (Defrance, 1826)
Three trochoidal dextral specimens, labeled a to c, with four to six whorls. Spiral ornamentation that is both transverse and longitudinal. Tubercles/nodes along the margin of the whorls. Broad selenizone. Aperture is infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Pleurotomaria sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0962 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Vetigastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 470 Mya |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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