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    I_gotta_rock

    By I_gotta_rock

    Taxonomy

    Volute Snail

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: clade Neogastropoda
    Family: Volutidae
    Genus: Scaphella
    Species: Scaphella virginiana
    Author Citation Dall, 1890

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Epoch: Miocene

    Stratigraphy

    Choptank Formation
    Drum Cliff Member

    Provenance

    Collector: Heather Siple
    Date Collected: 07/03/2018
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 6 cm
    Diameter: 3 cm

    Location

    Matoaka Beach
    Calvert County
    Maryland
    United States

    Comments

    This specimen shows the original sheen and probably original coloration of the shell. It popped out of the matrix as you see it and required almost not cleaning. This specimen was stabilized, but stabilization did not change the appearance at all.

    Excavated from a chunk of matrix fallen from the cliffs into the Chesapeake Bay.

    Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.

    Go to fossils Gastropods

    User Feedback


    FranzBernhard

    FranzBernhard

    Posted

    You are having some nice snails there! Congrats to these finds - I have seen your great trip report.

    Franz Bernhard

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    I_gotta_rock

    I_gotta_rock

    Posted

    Thank you!

     

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