Conus spuroides
UNB-2019-1012Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species: Conus spuroides (Olsson and Harbison, 1953)
Bi-conical dextral specimen with seven whorls; One large triangular body whorl and six small whorls composing a small spire. Thin, transverse spiral ornamentation on the body whorl. Selenizone on the margin of the whorl and suture. Thin, elongated aperture with the outer lip turn slightly inwards towards the aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Conus spuroides |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-1012 |
| 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 to Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene to Pleistocene Age: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene |
| Numeric age | 2 - 2 Mya |
| Origin | La Belle, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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