1.25" Fossil Pennsylvanian Gastropod (Shansiella) - Kentucky

Fossil Pennsylvanian Gastropod (Shansiella) - Kentucky #212165

This is a 1.25" fossil gastropod (Shansiella carbonaria) from the Pennsylvanian Breathitt Formation of Kentucky. This fossil is mostly prepped free from the rock it was found in.

Gastropods, or snails, have been around since the Late Cambrian period. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. There are 611 known families of gastropods, of which 202 families are extinct and appear only in the fossil record.