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Description: | A fossil gastropod identified as Voluta lamberti which is pale in colour. The specimen has four whorls (spirals) and is pointed at both ends. The underside of the fossil has been broken and partially infilled by an oxidised shelly sandstone. The outer surface has been weathered and displays worm burrows along its surface. AR/CB 26/05/2010
Original label on stamp paper; Voluta lamberti, Coralline Crag, Sutton
A fossil gastropod known as Voluta lamberti which is approximately 3 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: | Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Pliocene - Piacenzian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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