Gregory Kruse Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hello, I found this gastropod along the Sanibel Causeway in Ft. Myers, FL. They were in a pile of shells being used for landscaping so I presume that the sediments came from a nearby quarry of ?Pleistocene age. Can someone help me verify and identify this fossil? Family Muricidae? More challenges to come in future posts!Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 @MikeR can help I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Does the bottom tip look to be fracture off? If not, consider Hespristernia or Calotrophon. Otherwise, maybe Fusinus with the bottom fractured off. These are guesses at best!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Kruse Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 Thank you for the possibilities. Yes, the bottom tail appears to be broken off and so therefore, I bet it is Fusinus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I did find Fasciolaria scalarina that is from the Caloosahatchee. It is larger than Hespristernia or Calotrophon and may be the best possibility. MikeR will know for sure. Google search MikeR's Gastropods of the Tamiami and Gastropods of the Caloosahatchee. Most of the answers to your other posts can be found there!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 It belongs to Fasciolariidae; maybe immature Horse Conch, Triplofusus giganteus. 2 "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Kruse Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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