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Description: | The round body chamber of this sea snail encloses the early coils of its shell. The slit-like opening in the shell had a siphon (tube) at each end, which the snail used to pump water into and away from its body. The snail fed on tiny food particles that it filtered out of the water. Neritina lived in warm water on the floor of a large lake basin that was flooded by the sea from time to time.
Stratigraphy: Tertiary & Eocene / 33.7 - 54.8 my | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.palaeobiology.75668 | Go to resource |
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