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MikeR

Order Neogastropoda
Family Turbinellidae

Turbinella scolymoides Dall, 1890
Stratigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation(?).

Location:  Bonita Grande, Lee County, Florida USA.

Status: Extinct

 

Notes: A classic Caloosahatcheean species, it could have originated in the warm coral reef facies of the Tamiami or might be from a more southernly exposure of the Caloosahatchee than previously known.  Large with a knobbed shoulder and inflated body whorl.


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Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation

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