Euomphalus sp.
UNB-2020-0135Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Eogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Euomphalina
Family: Euomphalidae
Genus: Euomphalus (Sowerby, 1814)
Trochoid dextral specimen with four whorls. Apex of spire is missing. Faint, curved longitudinal spiral ornamentation. Faint selenizone. Aperture is embedded into sediment and not visible.
*Collected in August, 1958.
Specifications
| Object name | Euomphalus sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0135 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Eogastropoda |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Carboniferous Subperiod: Mississipian Epoch: Middle Mississipian Age: Visean |
| Numeric age | 346.7 Mya |
| Origin | Windy Knoll Quarry, Castleton, England, United Kingdom |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Sowerby. 1814. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts IX to XIV. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(9-14):97-178