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Is This Loxonema?

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My original post asking if this was Loxonema (gastropod) was answered and we now believe this is a Paleozygopleura because of the vertical grooves on the whorls. We found this earlier June 10 at the Montour pit in central Pennsylvania - Devonian shale. We will post other finds soon from our very busy weekend trip, which included Antes Creek, McIntyre Mountain and Montour. Our Red Hill fossils from this trip are posted in a separate members gallery.

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It might be a Loxonema. Look at the shell closely, if it has curved ribbing along the whorls then it's Paleozygopleura. If the ribs are parallel to the whorls then it's probably Loxonema. Here is a nice example I pulled out of the Mahantango formation (Devonian) north of Harrisburg.

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