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Description: | The flattened gastropod specimen identified as Ecculiomphalos laevis was collected from Dudley. The shell is curved and narrows to a point resembling a claw shape with a shallow groove throught the centre. The shell has a smooth surface and the end point has been broken off. Three Atrypa reticularis brachiopods are also contained within the square shaped fine grained, grey limestone matrix block. The brachiopods all measure 9mm across. CB 4/1/11
Original label, partially missing reads (stamp paper, red margin) "Ecculiomphalus bucklandi, Sow'. ...laevis, .....?, Dudley"
A fossil gastropod known as Ecculiomphalos laevis 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: | Natural history Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Silurian - Wenlock - Homerian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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