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Description: | Specimen of a fossil gastropod (snail), Murchisonia intermedia, collected from unspecified rocks of Middle Devonian age from Hand, near Paffrath, Germany. Collected by W.K. Loftus.
Murchisonia intermedia was a gastropod (sea snail) that lived in a tall pointed shell. Gastropods have a muscular foot-like organ, which they use to move around. They feed using their radula (a rough, tongue like organ, made up of many tiny teeth). This gastropod probably spent its life burrowing into the sea floor, in search of food.
The specimen was found in Germany.
It is from the Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Gastropoda Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Mollusca William K. Loftus | Temporal: | Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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