Turritella Fossil Sea Shell Prehistoric Gastropods Pliocene Terziary Collection

Description

Origin : France

Geological era : Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian)

Age : 3 million of years

Size : cm 4.6

Fossil Seashell Turrid Snail mm 46  Gastropod Turritella sp. Sea Snails Gastropods Prehistoric Estinct Molluscs Pliocene Cenozoic Tertiary Collecting Paleontology Museum.

Pleasant fossil find of a Gastropoda Turritellidae Shell from the late Pliocene, a representative collectible sample of appreciable quality, with evident details of shape of the shell and coils well preserved. Only a piece, as in photo.

The fossil is supplied naturally, as taken from the field. It can be easily cleaned of sediment that covers it, and if you wish, consolidated with resin paraloid.

Turritellidae, with the common name "tower shells" or "tower snails", is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the Sorbeoconcha clade.
They are filter feeders: this feeding method is somewhat unusual among gastropod molluscs, but is very common in bivalves. The shells of turritellid species have an elongated spiral shape that resembles an auger. These snails hide in mud or sand, moving with their relatively small ambulatory feet.