Buccinum Fossil Sea Shell Prehistoric Gastropods Pliocene Terziary Collection

Description

Origin : France

Geological era : Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian)

Age : 3 million of years

Size : cm 2.5

Fossil Seashell Whelk mm 25 Gastropod Buccinum (prismaticum?) Snails Gastropods Prehistoric Estinct Molluscs Pliocene Cenozoic Tertiary Collecting Paleontology Museum.

Pleasant fossil find of a Gastropoda Buccinidae Shell from the late Pliocene, a representative collectible sample of best quality, with clear details of the shape of the shell, the coils, the ribs and ornamental tubercles perfectly preserved. Only a piece, as in photos.

The fossil is supplied naturally, as taken from the field. It can be easily cleaned of sediment that covers it, and if you wish, consolidated with resin paraloid.

Buccinum (Linnaeus, 1758) is a genus of gastropod molluscs of the subclass Caenogastropoda. The name Buccinum derives from the Latin bucinum which means "trumpet sound" and in fact the rounded shape of the shell with the large mouth is reminiscent of the trumpet. The Buccinum has an ovate shell with a moderate and pointed spire. The opening is oval or oblong with a deep anterior notch and no siphonal canal. Whelks are carnivorous. The sexes are separate with the males' shells being generally smaller and less swollen than those of the females. Whelks are distributed throughout the seas. Species grown in warmer climates have brighter coloring. According to studies conducted on abyssal and Antarctic fauna, whelks originated in the late Mesozoic. The Buccinidae family has 113 genera and 906 fossil species.