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Whelk
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By I_gotta_rock
Taxonomy
Whelk
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Spinifulgur
Species: Spinifulgur spiniger
Author Citation (Kellam, 1926)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Miocene
Stratigraphy
Choptank Formation
Drum Cliff Member
Provenance
Collector: me
Date Collected: 07/03/2018
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 9 cm
Diameter: 5 cm
Location
Matoaka Beach
Calvert County
Maryland
United States
- calvert cliffs
- choptank formation
- drum cliff member
- fossil
- gastropod
- maryland
- matoaka
- miocene
- shell
- snail
- st leaonard
- whelk
Comments
Excavated from landslide material approximately 1/2 mile nw of Matoaka beach access. Found 4 that week. Two survived excavation. This is the only one discovered intact.
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