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Description: | The specimen is known as Platyceras haliotis. The smooth shell has a pale grey matrix on its surface and infilling the fossil, with iron oxide staining. Part of the shell around the mouth is fractured. CB 5/1/11
Torn original label on specimen (stamp paper) `Acroculia haliotis Dudley'.
A fossil sea snail or gastropod called Platyceras haliotis from Dudley. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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