Globidrillia hemphilli
UNB-2020-0177Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Gastropoda » Caenogastropoda
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Globidrillia (Woodring, 1928)
Species: Globidrillia hemphilli (Stearns, 1873)
Small fusiform dextral specimen with four whorls. Apex of spire is missing. Longitudinal ribs are visible on the whorls. Oval aperture that is infilled with sediment.
Specifications
| Object name | Globidrillia hemphilli |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0177 |
| 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: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene |
| Numeric age | 2.58 Mya |
| Origin | San Diego, California, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies