Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 113 |
Fossil Type: | Shell |
Fossil Description: | Turritella vertebroides, or Turritella plebeia (prehistoric snail) |
Status: | Extinct |
Relative Size: | Small |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Streptoneura |
Superorder: | Prosobranchia |
Order: | Caenogastropoda |
Suborder: | Neotaenioglossa |
Family: | Turritellidae |
Subfamily: | Turritellinae |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Turritella vertebroides (Morton, 1834) or Turritella plebeia |
Era/Period: | Mesozoic/Cretaceous |
Epoch/Age: | Maastrichtian |
MYA: | About 72 |
Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Poricy Brook |
Discovery Location (City, ST): | Middletown, NJ |
Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
Deepest Formation: | Navesink |
Color: | White |
Dimensions: | 0.35"L |
Comments: | Very small, commonly found in agate |
Collector Name: | RLD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF3588.jpg |