Gastropods

UNB-2019-1060Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda

Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Two specimens; One specimen is poorly preserved turbinate sinistral shell with five whorls. Aperture and first whorl are missing. Encrusted with sediment. Second specimen is of various gastropod casts embedded into the sediment. Poorly preserved with only one or two visible whorls.

Specifications

Object nameGastropods
IDUNB-2019-1060
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
CompositionLimestone
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Cenozoic
Period:
Paleogene
Epoch:
Eocene
Age:
Lutetian to Priabonian
Numeric age47.8 - 37.8 Mya
OriginBarton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Pieces2
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 4cm x 6cm x 5cm
  • 2.4cm x 3.5cm x 5.5cm

Map of Origin