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Athleta (Volutospina) spinosus (Linnaeus 1758)

Athleta (Volutospina) spinosus (Linnaeus 1758)
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Athleta (Volutospina) spinosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Athleta (Volutospina) spinosus (Linnaeus 1758)
Athleta (Volutospina) spinosus (Linnaeus 1758)

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Here is a very nice fossil gastropod of the species Athleta (Volutospina) spinosus  with  color pattern preservation. The preserved colour patterns do show very well under ultraviolet light but they are also visible under normal daylight. The Athleta (Volutospina) spinosus is abut 41 mm long.
 
 

Location:

Damery, Champagne, France
 
Size of matrix: about  66 x 60 x 45 mm
Age:Paleogene, Eocene, Lutetian  (about 45 Mill. years)

Product no.: 8191