Strombus Fossil Sea Shell Prehistoric Gastropods Eocene Terziary Collection (3)

Description

Origin : Bacine du Rhone (France)

Geological era : Eocene (Lutetian)

Age : 45 million of years

Size : 931 gr - 13.2 x 12 x 8.7 cm

Fossil Seashell True Conch mm 132 x 120 x 87 gr 931 Gastropod Strombus tournoueri Sea Snails Gasteropoda Strombidae Extinct Prehistoric Molluscs Eocene Cenozoic Tertiary Collecting Paleontology Museum.

Remarkable fossil find on matrix of natural imprint  internal coils of Gastropod Strombidae Shell from the Eocene, representative collectible sample of excellent quality, with clear details of the coils perfectly preserved.
Only a piece, as in photo.

Strombus (Carl Linnaeus, 1758) is a genus of medium-large marine gastropod molluscs from the Strombidae family, which includes true shells and their immediate relatives. About 50 living species have been recognized, ranging in size from rather small to very large.
In the geological past there existed a much larger number of species of thrombi. Fossils of species belonging to this genus have been found all over the world in sediments from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age group: 140.2 million years ago until recently). Of the living species, most are found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.