Neptunea contraria Gastropod Fossil

Here is a picture of a Neptunea contraria gastropod fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the Pliocene Epoch of Neogene Period (geological timescale: Emilian).

Image taken in June 2014.

Hinia musiva Gastropod Fossil

Here is a picture of a Hinia musiva gastropod fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the Pliocene Epoch of Neogene Period. Fossil found in Poggio Rotondo, Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.

Strombus bubonius Gastropod Fossil

Here is a picture of a Strombus bubonius (Lamarck, 1822) gastropod fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed at the time of the middle/late Pleistocene Period (geological timescale: Tyrrhenian). Fossil was found in Rovagnese-Calabria, Italy.

Image taken in June 2014.

Another name it is referred to is Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791).