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EXTINCT PLIOCENE NEVERITA GASTROPOD FOSSIL SHELL WITH BEAUTIFUL BABY BLUE HUE

Sarasota County, Florida, U.S.A.

PLIOCENE PERIOD:  5 - 1.8 million 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.  Contrary to fossil gastropods typically found in Florida, this is an exceptional specimen of Neverita floridana.  Neverita floridana is an extinct gastropod which died out at the end of the Pliocene Period in Florida, U.S.A..  

The fossil shell is complete with a beautiful display of soft flowing lines in its anatomy.  Natural baby blue and white hue from minerals in the ground during the fossilization process makes this a beautiful display specimen.  Guaranteed NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. 

Neverita floridana is an extinct gastropod which lived and died out during the Pliocene Period in Florida.  It 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.  Neverita floridana could move great distances and could 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!

STUNNING NATURAL BABY BLUE AND WHITE COLOR - INTACT!

2.5" in length

SOLD     GA-027     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only

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