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Fossil snail : Cyclophoridae - ?Lagocheilus sp.

Fossil snail : Cyclophoridae - ?Lagocheilus sp.
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Fossil snail : Cyclophoridae - ?Lagocheilus sp.
Fossil snail : Cyclophoridae - ?Lagocheilus sp.
Fossil snail : Cyclophoridae - ?Lagocheilus sp.
Fossil snail : Cyclophoridae - ?Lagocheilus sp.
Fossil snail : Cyclophoridae - ?Lagocheilus sp.

Products description

 This Burmese amber shows as a special fossil of a beautifully preserved Cyclophoridae snail.
Fossil snails in amber are among the rarities from the Cretaceous Burma amber. Presumably, this Cyclophoridae snail is to be placed in the genus Lagocheilus. It is noteworthy that even the color pattern is preserved in this fossil.
The fossil snail itself measures about 3 mm in diameter.  


 
 
 

Location:

Hukawng Valley,    Myanmar (Burma) 
Size of Amber: about  13 x 7 mm
Age:Middle Cretaceous, Burmite Upper Albian to Lower Cenomanian (about 100 Ma)

Product no.: 11025