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Gastropod
- Object Name: Gastropod
- Object Name: Fossil
- ObjectNumber: GL978
- Summary: Fossil gastropod known as Straparollus sp. which is approximately 350 million years old
- Description: Fossil gastropod identified as Straparollus sp.. This specimen is well preserved and brown in colour. It is on a grey fine grained crystalline matrix. Three whorls (coils) are visible and widen outwards. In between each whorl is a small gap up to 2mm in width. Some matrix covers the specimen in places. AR 30/04/2010
- Dimensions: Fossil - 41mm x 40mm x 10mm; Matrix - 87mm x 61mm x 46mm
- Colour: Brown
- Geological Complex:
- Straparollus sp.
- Associated Period:
- Carboniferous - Mississippian
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- For more information contact: Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service
