Description
Gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the mollusk family . The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to large. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and sea slugs, as well as freshwater snails and freshwater limpets, as well as land snails and land slugs.
The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. There are 611 families of gastropods, of which 202 families are extinct and appear only in the fossil record.
This is a great fossil for putting in kits, or for educational purposes. There are aproximately 125 pcs per kg.
This fossil is sold in boxes of 25kg/55lb
Dimensions: Sizes vary
Location: Sahara desert, Morocco
Age: Crtaceous period: 145-65 MYO
Type: Representative specimens
