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FS363 Miocene Tower Shell

1.8 cm. Long x 0.4 cm. Wide x 0.4 cm. High

Classification: Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Sorbeoconcha, Turritellidae, Turritella, dalli

Description: Fossil "tower 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 VIII, p. 594 and Plate LVII.