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Name:
Common name:
tower shells, tower snails
Family / Genus / Binom / Author:
Nerineidae → Nerinea → Nerinea spec. → Defrance, 1825
Location:
Pruntrut, canton of Jura / Switzerland
Geological Age:
Jura [j], Oberjura [jo], Kimmeridgium [joki], Malm Gamma / approx. 155 million years
Size of the item:
Width: 6 cm
Height: 14 cm
Length: 18 cm
Size of the fossil:
Weight:
This well-preserved and excellently prepared stone core is an aesthetic gem, but the missing shell unfortunately does not allow a more precise assignment to a specific species of the genus Nerinea. Only a few pieces of this special find from Switzerland have been traded.
