Goniobasis simpsoni
UNB-2020-0105Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Goniobasis (Lea)
Species: Goniobasis simpsoni (Meek-Bridger)
Turriform dextral specimen with four whorls. Apex of spire is missing. Whorls are rounded and slightly convex. Two rows of transverse spiral ornamentation on the whorls. Aperture is embedded into the sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Goniobasis simpsoni |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0105 |
| 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: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene Age: Early Eocene |
| Numeric age | 47 Mya |
| Origin | Wamsutter, Wyoming, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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