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Campanile giganteum
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
†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)[1][2] or even more than 120 cm (47 in)[3] 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.
Quick Facts Campanile giganteum Temporal range: Eocene, Scientific classification ...
Campanile giganteum Temporal range: Eocene | |
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(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
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Species: | †C. giganteum |
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†Campanile giganteum (Lamarck, 1804) | |
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