Platystoma niagarensis
UNB-2019-1081Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Platyceratidae
Genus: Platystoma (Conrad, 1842)
Species: Platystoma niagarensis (Hall, 1852)
Fourteen planispiral dextral specimens with two to three whorls preserved. Prominent spiral band on whorls. Circular aperture.
Specifications
| Object name | Platystoma niagarensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-1081 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Middle Silurian to Silurian Epoch: Přídolí |
| Numeric age | 423 Mya |
| Origin | Illinois, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 14 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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