Biology:Campanile giganteum
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Campanile giganteum Temporal range: Eocene
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| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda
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| Genus: | Campanile
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| Species: | †C. giganteum
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| †Campanile giganteum (Lamarck, 1804)
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†Campanile giganteum is a species of exceptionally large fossil sea snail, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Campanilidae. This species dates from the Eocene epoch. With a shell length of 40 to 90 cm (16 to 35 in)[1][2] or even more than 120 cm (47 in)[3] this is considered to be one of the largest (lengthwise) species of shelled gastropod that ever lived. It is found mostly in the Paris Basin, France .
References
- ↑ La plage coquillière. La Cave aux Coquillages 33.(0)3.26.58.36.43
- ↑ Zuerich, ETH-Bibliothek. "Giant gastropods of the genus Campanile from the Caribbean Eocene" (in de). E-Periodica. https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=egh-001:1987:80::1248.
- ↑ Cerithium giganteum ou Campanile giganteum. Archived copy from 28 July 2016.
External links
- ZipcodeZoo info at: Campanile giganteum (Archived copy)
- In French, a cave in France with many of these fossils: La plage coquillière (Archived copy)
- A good image of one: Cerithium giganteum ou Campanile giganteum. Archived copy from 28 July 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q5027922 entry
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