Gastropode: Ampullina (Natica) depressa
Product number:
F1202
Product information "Gastropode: Ampullina (Natica) depressa"
Age: Upper Eocene, Bartonium, Ronce-Layers
Fundort: Ronce, Provence, France
Größe: Snails: up to 6 x 4.5 cm (2.4 x 1.8 cm); Specimen: 6 x 6 x 7 cm (2.4 x 2. 4 x 2. 8 in)
Two marine gastropod shells in matrix.
Ampullinids are regularly mistaken for Naticids (Moon snails). This group however went extinct a few million years ago. They inhabited deeper waters.
Old, hand-written label included.
The pictures can differ in color from the originals for technical reasons.
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