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Description: | Specimen of a fossil gastropod (snail), Straparollus sp., collected from unspecified rocks of Middle Devonian age from Eifel, Rhine, Germany. Collected by W.K. Loftus (?).
Straparollus was a gastropod (sea snail) that lived during the Devonian period. Gastropods have a body that looks a bit like a large slug, and live inside a coiled shell that they carry on their back. The body of the gastropod can be completely withdrawn into the shell. The shell of Straparollus has a flattened, coiled shape unlike other species which are shaped more like an ice-cream cone.
The specimen was found in Germany.
It is from the Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Gastropoda Classification: Animalia Invertebrata William K. (?) Mollusca Loftus | Temporal: | Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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