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FS345 Drill Shell

2.7 cm. Long x 1.0 cm. Wide x 0.8 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Sorbeoconcha, Turritidae, Agladrillia, aulakoessa

Description: Fossil predatory snail known as a "drill shell" from 18MYA Chipola Formation deposits.

Age: Miocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Florida, Tenmile Creek near Clarksville, FL

Found by: Kathy Patterson

Custodian: Kathy Patterson

Identified by: Ed DeRouin

References: The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, Part VI, pp. 310-311 and Plate XL.