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  • Tulip Shell

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    Taxonomy

    Tulip Shell

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca Cuvier, 1797
    Class: Gastropoda Cuvier 1797
    Order: Neogastropoda Thiele 1929
    Family: Fasciolariidae
    Genus: Fusinus (Heilprinia)
    Species: Fusinus (Heilprinia) caloosaensis
    Author Citation Heilprin, 1887

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Quaternary
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pleistocene
    International Age: Gelasian

    Stratigraphy

    Waccamaw Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 02/27/2017
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 1 7/8 "

    Location

    Register's Pit
    Columbus County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    This beautiful little tulip shell was found in a shell pit in Columbus County N.C. Uncommonly found complete and unbroken, this is one of the better specimens I have found. 

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