Cyclonema minuta
UNB-2020-0171Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Eogastropoda
Order: Eumphalina
Family: Platyceratoidea
Genus: Cyclonema (Hall, 1852)
Species: Cyclonema minuta (Hall, 1845)
Small turbinate dextral specimen with three whorls. Faint growth lines. Small rounded aperture that is infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Cyclonema minuta |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0171 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician to Late Ordovician |
| Numeric age | 450 Mya |
| Origin | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Hall. 1845. Description of some microscopic shells from the decomposing marl slate of Cincinnati. American Journal of Science and Arts, 1st Series. 48:292-295
- J. Hall. 1852. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower middle division of the New York system. Paleontology of New York 2:1-362