Specimen Name: Scaphella sp.
Common Name: Volute snail
Specimen Code: 03GAST00018
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (October 2010)
Locale: Kirby Sand Pits, Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Formation: Duplin Formation
Geologic Time Period: Pliocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Gastropoda – Caenogastropoda – Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda – Muricoidea – Volutidae – Scaphellinae – Scaphella
Description of Specimen:
Large, warm-coloured shell with clear ridges and some cracking – opens on the right
Measurements of Specimen:
63mm x 25mm x 24mm
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