Mined from: Fleury-la-Rivière area, Paris Basin, France

Era: Paleogene Period
Geological Age: 23-56 mya

Description: This one of a kind Turritella imbricataria fossil specimen from France features a long, narrow spiral shell with a high pointed spire and a series of clearly defined whorls running from the broad base toward the tapered tip. The fossil has a natural tan to light brown colour, with weathered surface texture, small pits, and visible growth lines throughout. Its stretched corkscrew shape is well preserved and gives the piece a clean, recognizable gastropod form suitable for display or fossil study.

Turritella is a general name commonly used for tall-spired marine gastropods with tightly coiled shells. These snails lived on or within soft seafloor sediment and fed on small organic particles. Fossils of similar high-spired gastropods occur in several marine formations across France, especially in deposits from the Cenozoic Era.

Spiritually, spiral shell fossils are often associated with gradual growth, patience, continuity, adaptability, and the natural cycles of change. Their steadily expanding form is sometimes used as a symbol of personal development and moving forward while remaining connected to the past. These associations are traditional and symbolic rather than scientifically proven.

Quantity: 1pc

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