Murex excisus
UNB-2019-1004Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species: Murex excisus
Small fusiform dextral specimen with three whorls. Prominent transverse spiral ornamentation with prominent varices. Oval aperture with short siphonal canal.
Specifications
| Object name | Murex excisus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-1004 |
| 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: Vindobonien |
| Numeric age | 15 Mya |
| Origin | Indre et Loire, France |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements | Container: [ 25, 10, 10 ]mm |