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LARGE BLUE LEFT-COILING SEA SNAIL SHELL WITH MATRIX - Sarasota County, Florida, U.S.A. PLIOCENE TO PLEISTOCENE PERIOD: 5 million - 10,000 years ago Known for its splendid array of gastropod fossils, Florida is home to many fossil shell species in abundance. The nature of finding a gastropod fossil in a shell pit, for example, usually means that it will be heavily weathered and seriously damaged. Certainly, delicate features of the shell are almost always missing. What is most unique and exciting about this particular specimen of Sinistrofulgur contrarium is that the internal cavity is still filled with the original shell-pit fossil matrix from which this fine specimen was buried beneath. This matrix includes some superb fossils unto its own including a large and completely intact snail fossil shell along with a superb variety of bivalves. The overall condition of this rare blue-colored gastropod fossil is of the highest quality with the most detailed features in breath-taking states of preservation. The external growth segments and whorl are all well displayed and the paper-thin opening is intact. This remarkable gastropod fossil is rare for its condition and would most certainly make for an impressive gastropod display fossil. Guaranteed NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION.Sinistrofulgur contrarium is a member of a unique sub-genus Sinistrofulgur of left-coiling snails. This animal lived during the Pliocene / Pleistocene Period and was a predatory marine creature that fed mainly on bivalves by attaching itself to its prey with its foot and slowly rasping a hole in the shell of its unfortunate victim. Sinistrofulgur could move great distances and can go against tidal currents with the use of its powerful foot. If you want a very high-grade and stunning prehistoric sea snail fossil, we highly recommend this example. This sea snail was alive during the last Ice Age in North America when many gigantic and bizarre beasts walked the earth and swam in the oceans including the last days of the giant Megalodon shark! RARE BLUE COLOR! FILLED CAVITY WITH FASCINATING ORIGINAL FOSSIL SHELL PIT MATRIX INCLUDING EXCEPTIONAL FOSSIL SNAIL INSIDE OPENING! 8.5" in length SOLD GA-019 INCLUDES STAND Actual Item - One Only |
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