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7" Pliocene Gastropod (Macrostrombus) Fossil - Florida
This is a large fossil gastropod of the species Strombus (Macrostrombus) mulepenensis that was collected from the Pliocene age Tamiami Formation of Sarasota County, Florida. It is 7" long.
Gastropods, or snails, have been around since the Late Cambrian period. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. There are 611 known families of gastropods, of which 202 families are extinct and appear only in the fossil record.
SPECIES
Strombus (Macrostrombus) mulepenensis
AGE
LOCATION
Sarasota County, Florida
FORMATION
Tamiami Formation
SIZE
7" long
CATEGORY
ITEM
#146156
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