Gastropod Calicantharis Fortis Predatory Tropical Sea Snail

[ForbiddenArch]

i can not find any information or pictures of this? I believe there was only 14 found in the world?

[Miocene_Mason]

http://research.nhm.org/ip/lomita-marl/

 

i found this this on an internet search

According to this it's relatively common in some places

https://books.google.com/books?id=tHDnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=calicantharus+fortis&source=bl&ots=ztGlCVIrPf&sig=IWst0VpWrY0zvWSyx5iKTSToq7g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilr_Kr3uvUAhWEPD4KHWfZADYQ6AEIJDAE#v=onepage&q=calicantharus fortis&f=false

[ForbiddenArch]

12 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

http://research.nhm.org/ip/lomita-marl/

 

i found this this on an internet search

According to this it's relatively common in some places

https://books.google.com/books?id=tHDnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=calicantharus+fortis&source=bl&ots=ztGlCVIrPf&sig=IWst0VpWrY0zvWSyx5iKTSToq7g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilr_Kr3uvUAhWEPD4KHWfZADYQ6AEIJDAE#v=onepage&q=calicantharus fortis&f=false

Interesting . 

 

 

This website says 14 have been found is that correct ? http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=171661

[Miocene_Mason]

Just now, ForbiddenArch said:

Interesting . 

 

 

This website says 14 have been found is that correct ? http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=171661

14 specimens are in collections registered to the site I believe is what it means. More have probably been found and are probably in other museums or people's collections.

[ForbiddenArch]

Thank you! 

[Miocene_Mason]

Just now, ForbiddenArch said:

Thank you! 

No problem, always happy to help!