Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Invertebrates

Sand Dollar in limestone matrix
Miocene epoch, Hardee County, Fla.

Sea Biscuit
Tamiami Formation, Peace River
Miocene Epoch

Sand Dollars (Encope Tamiamiensis)
2 - 5"
Peace River
DeSoto County, Fla.

Ecphora Quadricostata (Snail)
Pungo River Formation
Miocene Epoch
Beaufort County, NC

Casts of various clams and snails in phosphate
Miocene Epoch
Peace River
DeSoto County, Fla.

Scallop (Placopecten clintonius)
5"
Pliocene Epoch
Beaufort County, NC

Scallop (Chesapecten septenarius)
6"
Pliocene Epoch
Yorktown formation, Pitt County, NC

Oyster (Exogyra Cancellata)
Cretaceous Period
5"
Pitt County, NC

Scallop with encrusting barnacles
Miocene Epoch
5"
Sarasota County, Fla.

Snail (Conus spurius)
2 in.
Pliocene Epoch, Caloosahatchee formation
Lee County, Fla.

Phyllonotus pomum (also known as murex snail)
2-1/2"
Pliocene Epoch- Caloosahatchee Formation
Lee County, Fla.

Fasciolaria scalarina (tulip or spindle shell)
5 in.
Pliocene Epoch, Caloosahatchee Formation
Lee County, Fla.

Cerithium preatratum (Horn shell)
1-/1/2"
Pliocene Epoch, Caloosahatchee Formation
Lee County, Fla.

Strombus leidyi (Conch shell)
7 in.
Pliocene Epoch, Caloosahatchee Formation
Lee County, Fla.

Encope tamiamiensis (Sand dollar)
5 in.
Miocene Epoch
DeSoto County, Fla.

Fossil shrimp (Holoparia)
2-1/2"
Miocene Epoch
DeSoto County, Fla.

Very unusual and rare sand dollar, Abertella dengleri.
Miocene Epoch
Peace River, Hardee county, Fla.

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