Specimen Name: Busycon contrarium
Common Name: Busycon whelk (extinct species)
Specimen Code: 03GAST00002
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (May 2019)
Locale: Aurora Fossil Park, Aurora, North Carolina, USA
Formation: Yorktown Formation, Chesapeake Group
Geologic Time Period: Miocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Gastropoda – Caenogastropoda – Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda – Buccinoidea – Buccinidae – Busyconinae – Busycon – Contrarium
Description of Specimen:
White whelk shell with the tip broken off – opens to the left when viewed from the bottom
Measurements of Specimen:
45mm x 31mm x 22mm
The Fossil Ark 