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Name:
Bourguetia striata
Common name:
sea snail
Synonym:
Melania striata
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Pseudomelaniidae → Bourguetia → striata → Bourguetia striata → Sowerby, 1812
Location:
Brunkensen near Alfeld, Lower Saxony / Germany
Geological Age:
Jurassic [j], Upper Jurassic [jo], Kimmeridgian [joki], Malm / approx. 155 million years
Size of the fossil:
Length: 13,4 cm
Width: 6,7 cm
Weight:
428 Gram
At the Kikedal below the Hohenstein cliffs near Brunkensen in Lower Saxony, large masses of limestone slid down from the Malm in March 1988 after a number of previous events. A large number of fossilized snails were found in this coral oolite, in particular the species Bourguetia striata offered here. The site where it was found has been largely searched and overgrown again.The tips of the snail shells were mostly not filled and are often filled with crystalline calcite, so that they are usually broken off.We have this small aesthetic flaw remedied by careful addition. So please pay attention to the pictures.
Top added (reconstructed)! Please note the pictures!
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HIERARCHY | OBJECT 1 |
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Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Mollusca |
Class | Gastropoda |
Order | Caenogastropoda |
Family | Pseudomelaniidae |
Genus | Bourguetia |
Species | striata |
Binom | Bourguetia striata |
Author | Sowerby, 1812 |
Synonym | Melania striata |
Research on other websites (External linking):
www.fossiilid.info 🔗 - Taxonomic search on the website "Fossiilid"
www.mineralienatlas.de 🔗 - Taxonomic search on the website "Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas"
www.paleobiodb.org.de 🔗 - Taxonomic search for Bourguetia striata on the website "Die Paläobiologie-Datenbank"
www.wikipedia.de 🔗 - Taxonomic search for Bourguetia striata on the website "Wikipedia"
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday, October 6, 2022.