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CHOICE BUTTER YELLOW COLORED FOSSIL PLEISTOCENE LEFT-COILING SEA SNAIL SHELL WITH FOSSIL MATRIX De Soto County, Florida, U.S.A. EARLY PLEISTOCENE PERIOD: 1.8 million - 1.5 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. This is a beautiful and intact specimen of Sinistrofulgur caloosahatcheensis. The shell displays a remarkably smooth and well-preserved surface with a unusual even, warm butter cream natural color. Superb detail is present and with intact horn spines on the edge of the whorl. 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 caloosahatcheensis 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! STUNNING PREHISTORIC FOSSIL SPECIMEN OF THE KING OF THE FLORIDA PLIOCENE ERA SEA SNAILS - INTACT! 10.75" in length $275 GA-036 INCLUDES STAND Actual Item - One Only |
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