Turret Shell
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Paleocene
label: Notes
content: Four fossils of encrusting sponge (Cliona sp.) on casts of gastropods, or Turritellas (turret shells). The largest fossil shell measures around 6 cm x 2.1 cm x 1.6 cm in size.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 4
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Mar 2024
label: Stratigraphy
content: Aquia
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Wades Bay, North America, United States, Maryland, Charles County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Turritella mortoni
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52943
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Sorbeoconcha, Turritellidae