Specimen Name: Urosalpinx cinerea
Common Name: Atlantic oyster drill
Specimen Code: 03GAST00001
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (May 2019)
Locale: Aurora Fossil Park, Aurora, North Carolina, USA
Formation: Yorktown Formation, Chesapeake Group
Geologic Time Period: Miocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Gastropoda – Caenogastropoda – Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda – Muricoidea – Muricidae – Ocenebrinae – Urosalpinx – Cinerea
Description of Specimen:
Small, off-white snail shell with prominent ridges – opens to the right when viewed from the bottom
Measurements of Specimen:
29mm x 15mm x 13mm
The Fossil Ark 