Campanile giganteum
Temporal range: Eocene
Shell of Campanile giganteum
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C. giganteum
Binomial name
Campanile giganteum
(Lamarck, 1804)

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.

References

  1. La plage coquillière. La Cave aux Coquillages 33.(0)3.26.58.36.43
  2. Zuerich, ETH-Bibliothek. "Giant gastropods of the genus Campanile from the Caribbean Eocene". E-Periodica (in German). Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
  3. Cerithium giganteum ou Campanile giganteum. Archived copy from 28 July 2016.


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