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  • Bathytoma rhomboidalis Woods, 1879

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    Dan 1000

    By Dan 1000 (edited)

    Taxonomy

    Marine Snail

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Caenogastropoda
    Family: Conoidea
    Genus: Bathytoma
    Species: Bathytoma rhomboidalis
    Author Citation Woods, 1879

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene
    International Age: early Langhian to late Serravallian

    Stratigraphy

    Fyansford Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Daniel Kurek
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 20 mm
    Width: 10 mm
    Height: 10 mm

    Location

    Fossil Beach
    Mornington
    Victoria
    Australia

    Comments

    Common shell collected from Fossil Beach, Mornington, Victoria. Also known as Bathytoma rhomboidalis.

    Go to fossils Gastropods

    User Feedback


    Tidgy's Dad

    Tidgy's Dad

    Posted

    Very nicely preserved specimen.

    i have a Bathytoma turbida from the English Upper Eocene, so it's nice to compare. 

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