Specimen Name: Busycon contrarium
Common Name: Busycon whelk (extinct species)
Specimen Code: 03GAST00011
Acquisition Method:
Locale: Kirby Sand Pits, Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Formation: Duplin Formation
Geologic Time Period: Pliocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Gastropoda – Caenogastropoda – Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda – Buccinoidea – Buccinidae – Busyconinae – Busycon – Contrarium
Description of Specimen:
Medium, smooth-ish shell with faint traces of knobs – some damage on the underside – opens to the left
Measurements of Specimen:
68mm x 41mm x 31mm
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