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Description: | Specimen of a fossil gastropod (snail), Euomphalopterus sp., collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation (?) of Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian age.
These are the fossilised shells of snails which lived on the bed of the Silurian sea. Snails were very important scavengers on the Silurian reefs, feeding mainly on the remains of dead animals. Some snails fed on seaweeds which were also probably common in the shallower, sunlit parts of the Silurian Sea.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Gastropoda Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Mollusca | Temporal: | Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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