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FS362 Miocene Olive Shell

2.2 cm. Long x 0.8 cm. Wide x 0.7 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Sorbeoconcha, Olividae, Oliva, liodes

Description: Fossil "olive shell" from 18MYA Chipola Formation deposits. Found in gray clay/sand banks of Tenmile Creek.

Age: Miocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Florida, Tenmile Creek near Clarksville, FL

Found by: Kathy Patterson

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Ed DeRouin

References: The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, Part VI, pp. 378-379 and Plate XLVI.