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FS320 Extinct Miocene Cowrie

5.1 cm. Long x 3.2 cm. Wide x 2.6 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Cypraeidae, Siphocypraea, carolinensis

Description: Extinct cowrie shell found in the Cargill Phospate Mine in south central Florida.

Age: Miocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Florida, Cargill Phosphate Mine, near Bartow, FL

Found by: Andy DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Ed DeRouin

References: Southern Florida's Fossil Seashells, p. 50.