Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida
UNB-2019-1001Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Epalxis (Harris and Burrows, 1891)
Subgenus: Bathytoma (Harris and Burrows, 1891)
Species: Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida (Solander in Brander, 1766)
Small fusiform dextral specimen with six whorls. Thin spiral ornamentation that is longitudinal and transverse, with slight nodes along the margin of the whorl and sutures. Selenizone visible. Thin, elongated aperture with short siphonal canal.
Specifications
| Object name | Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-1001 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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