Name/Title
Snail (fossils)Entry/Object ID
96.01.48Description
Crystal System: Hexagonal System
Description: Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Genus: Bellerophon
Common Name: Snail
Age: Mesozoic
Location: Unknown
Description: Well preserved specimen with detailed spiral configuation. Colors range from a spotted grey to a light brown on the smaller end of the spiral.
Physical Characteristics:
The Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to quite large. There are huge numbers of sea snails and sea slugs, as well as freshwater snails and freshwater limpets, and land snails and land slugs.
The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. There are 611 families of gastropods, of which 202 families are extinct, being found only in the fossil record.[3]
Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled Gasteropoda) are a major part of the phylum Mollusca and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum, with 60,000 to 80,000[3][4] living snail and slug species. The anatomy, behavior, feeding and reproductive adaptations of gastropods vary significantly from one clade or group to another. Therefore, it is difficult to state many generalities for all gastropods.
Fracture: Conchoidal
Genus: Bellerophon
Grain Size: Fine
Hardness: 3 Calcite
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Luster: Vitreous
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum: Mollusca
Rock Origin: Terrestrial
Rock Type: Sedimentary
Streak: whiteCollection
Fossil CollectionAcquisition
Accession
96.01Source or Donor
Crater Rock MuseumAcquisition Method
GiftDimensions
Width
2 inDepth
2 inLength
2-1/4 inLocation
Location
Container
Center / FrontDrawer
Bottom ShelfShelf
Left, LeftWall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
May 29, 2012Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Top ShelfCabinet
Case # 1Wall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
