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RARE EARLY PLEISTOCENE LEFT-COILING SEA SNAIL SHELL Manatee 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 rare extinct species of sea snail called Sinistrofulgur grabaui. The shell is in excellent preservation and is complete with much of the spiny delicate anatomy still intact and the entire shell is very dense and highly mineralized. This remarkable gastropod fossil is not only rare but makes for a highly aesthetic display specimen. Guaranteed NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. Sinistrofulgur grabaui 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. Unique features of this species are the pronounced horns and protruding wrinkles on the shell body. 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! SUPERB PREHISTORIC FOSSIL SPECIMEN OF AN UNCOMMON EXTINCT SEA SNAIL FROM NORTH AMERICA'S FINAL ICE AGE 8.25" in length $225 GA042 INCLUDES STAND Actual Item - One Only |
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