Lophospira bowdeni
UNB-2019-1034Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Orthogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Murchisoniia
Family: Lophospiridae
Genus: Paupospira (Wagner, 1999)
Species: Lophospira bowdeni (Safford, 1869)
Two elongated trochoidal dextral specimens, labeled a to b, with one specimen embedded into the sediment. The individual specimen has four rounded whorls with a missing apex of the spire.
The individual specimen has a large gap between each suture that is infilled with sediment. Aperture appears circular but is infilled with sediment. This specimen is slightly flattened and distorted from preservation.
The other specimen embedded into the sediment has three rounded whorls preserved with the apex of the spire missing. Large gap between each sutures.
Specifications
| Object name | Lophospira bowdeni |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-1034 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda |
| Composition | Limestone, Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Late Ordovician to Ordovician Epoch: Cincinnatian |
| Numeric age | 451 Mya |
| Origin | Clarksville, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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