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Gastropods (Snails)--Types

Low-spired, small gastropods
Worthenia tabulata, Pennsylvanian age
Worthenia tabulata, Pennsylvanian age, same specimen above
Trepospira illinoiensis, Pennsylvanian age
Strobeus sp., Pennsylvanian age
silicified gastropods, Ordovician age

Low-spired, large gastropods

Turbonopsis shumardi, internal mold, Devonian age
Turbonopsis shumardi, Devonian age
Platyceras dumosum, the spines from a spiney species, Devonian age
Platyceras sp., recrystallized internal mold, Devonian age
Maclurites, Ordovician age
High-spired, small gastropods
Palaeozyglopleura from Devonian age (identified by A. Goldstein)
Palaeozyglopleura from Devonian age (identified by A. Goldstein)
Palaeozyglopleura from Devonian age (identified by A. Goldstein)
specimens D from Pennsylvanian age
High-spired, large gastropods
Probably Fusispira/Subulities genus. Looks like Fusispira nobilis. The smaller with the fuller whorls looks like Hormotoma sp. [Info. from Peter Lickley.]

 

Gastropods by Age

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