Here is a nice and detailed fossil gastropod of the species Athleta (Volutospina) spinosus with color pattern preservation. This gastropod fossil is about 39 mm long. | |||
Location: | Damery, Champagne, France | ||
Size of matrix: | about 73 x 47 mm | ||
Age: | Paleogene, Eocene, Lutetian (about 45 Mill. years) |