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  • Busycon maximum alumense

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    By MikeR

    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Neogastropoda
    Family: Buccinidae
    Genus: Busycon
    Species: Busycon maximum f. alumense
    Author Citation Mansfield, 1930

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pliocene
    International Age: Piacenzian

    Stratigraphy

    Alum Bluff Group
    Jackson Bluff Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Ecphora Zone

    Provenance

    Collector: Michael Reagin
    Date Collected: 03/03/1993
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Height: 138 mm

    Location

    Alum Bluff
    Liberty County
    Florida
    United States

    Comments

    Busycon maximum is a geographically widespread shell found only in the Upper Pliocene of the Southeastern United States.  Form alumense from the Florida Panhandle differs from B. maximum found in the Sarasota shell pits by lacking shoulder knobs and in having a more compacted spire.

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    FranzBernhard

    FranzBernhard

    Posted

    Your are having some really impressive gastros there, Mike! Thanks for adding to the collection!
    Franz Bernhard

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