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  • Fulgoraria (Psephaea) indurata (Conrad, 1849)


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    PRK

    Taxonomy

    Marine Gastropod

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Neogastropoda
    Family: Volutidae
    Genus: Fulgoraria (Psephaea)
    Species: Fulgoraria (Psephaea) indurata
    Author Citation Conrad, 1849

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene

    Stratigraphy

    Astoria Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: PRK
    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 8 "

    Location

    central coast
    Oregon
    United States

    Comments

    A rare, deep water, extinct volute that is up to 8 inches.

     




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    Actually,it's Fulgoraria.

    There have been revisions of the taxon since 1993.

    People might have a hard time finding info if they Google using the generic name you used here

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    This specimen is a "Musashia indurata"

    a Miocene, very coarsly ribbed volute

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