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Description: | A fossil gastropod identified as Straparollus pentangulatus. The specimen is well preserved and pale grey in colour. The whorls get larger towards the edge where the end of the last whorl has been broken. Faint growth lines are visible. The specimen is covered in a fine grained pale brown/grey matrix. Collected from Carboniferous Limestone Series. AR/CB 07/06/2010
Two labels on specimen; One; Original label; Stamp paper; Black Margins; Euomphalus pentangulatus Mt. Limestone, Park Hill Derbyshire; Second; Torn stamp paper; E. pentangulatus Mount. Lime
A gastropod identified as Straparollus pentangulatus which is approximately 340 million years old | 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: | Carboniferous - Mississippian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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