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Tag: muricidae

Urosalpinx sp. (specimens 03-06)

Drill snail shells (Urosalpinx sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, drill snails, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, Miocene, Mollusca, muricidae, Muricoidea, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Ocenebrinae, Phanerozoic, Shells, Snails, Urosalpinx, USA, Yorktown Formation

Urosalpinx cinerea (specimen 01)

Atlantic oyster drill shell (U. cinerea) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Atlantic Oyster Drill, Aurora Fossil Park, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, Miocene, Mollusca, muricidae, Muricoidea, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Ocenebrinae, Phanerozoic, Shells, Snails, U cinerea, Urosalpinx, USA, Yorktown Formation
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