From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Strombus alatus Gastropod fossil
Caloosahatchee Formation, Sarasota, Florida, USA
TIME PERIOD: Pliocene Era (5.333 million to 2.58 million years)
Strombus alatus, common name the "Florida fighting conch" is a species of medium-sized warm-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. The shell can be as large as 112 millimetres (4.4 in). Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Strombus
Species: alatus