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Description: | Specimen of a fossil gastropod, Athleta spinosus, collected from the Bracklesham Group (or Solent Group ?), Headon Hill Formation (?) of Tertiary, Early - Middle Eocene, Ypresian - Bartonian (?) age. Collected by Edward Charlesworth.
The thick shell of this sea snail is covered with pointed, vertical ribs. These features suggest that it lived in a shallow water, near-shore environment. The snail was a predator and moved around through the surface layer of sediment searching for bivalves for food. It pulled the two shells apart with its large foot-like organ and then ate the soft body.
It is from the Tertiary period (65 - 1.8 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Charlesworth Gastropoda Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Edward Mollusca | Temporal: | Tertiary period (65 - 1.8 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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