†''Campanile giganteum'' is a
species of exceptionally large fossil
sea snail
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,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Campanilidae
Campanilidae are a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha (an alternative representation of the clade Caenogastropoda).Bouchet, P. (2013). Campanilidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
. This species dates from the
Eocene epoch. With a shell length of or even more than
Cerithium giganteum ou Campanile giganteum
from 28 July 2016. 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
External links
* ZipcodeZoo info at
Campanile giganteum (Archived copy)
* In French, a cave in France with many of these fossils
* A good image of one
from 28 July 2016.
Campanilidae
Eocene gastropods
Paleogene gastropods of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 1804
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