A LARGE GASTROPOD SPECIMEN
Auction Closed
December 17, 08:56 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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A LARGE GASTROPOD SPECIMEN
PARIS BASIN, FRANCE
Cerithium giganteum (50 cm long), Eocene (circa 50 million years ago), presented in a custom vitrine.
This curious object is the fossilized shell of a giant sea snail, one of the largest gastropod fossils to have ever been found. A fine specimen, complete with labrum.