PLIOCENE FOSSIL GASTROPODS - 2.5 million years old - Florida, USA
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Murex salleanus
2.5 million years old
(Late Pliocene period)
Caloosahatchee Formation
Lee County, Florida, USA
Two well preserved fossil marine gastropods from the Pliocene of Florida. Murex was a carnivorous predatory gastropod, boring holes in the shells of other molluscs to feed.
These fossils were collected several decades ago and from an old collection.
Click on a picture for a larger image
Caloosahatchee Formation
Lee County, Florida, USA
Two well preserved fossil marine gastropods from the Pliocene of Florida. Murex was a carnivorous predatory gastropod, boring holes in the shells of other molluscs to feed.
These fossils were collected several decades ago and from an old collection.
Click on a picture for a larger image
Size: 6 centimetres (length of largest gastropod)
Weight: 18 grams (both gastropods)
Weight: 18 grams (both gastropods)
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