- Source: Campanile giganteum
†Campanile giganteum is a species of exceptionally large fossil sea snail, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Campanilidae. This species dates from the Eocene epoch. With a shell length of 40 to 90 cm (16 to 35 in) or even more than 120 cm (47 in) this is considered to be one of the largest (lengthwise) species of shelled gastropod that ever lived. It is found mostly in the Paris Basin, France.
References
External links
ZipcodeZoo info at: Campanile giganteum (Archived copy)
In French, a cave in France with many of these fossils: La plage coquillière (Archived copy)
A good image of one: Cerithium giganteum ou Campanile giganteum. Archived copy from 28 July 2016.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Campanile giganteum
- C. giganteum
- Campanile (gastropod)
- Largest prehistoric animals
- Syrinx aruanus
- Registry of World Record Size Shells
- Campaniloidea
- Campanilidae
