#Fasciolariidae

[rattyexplores]

Photos 1-2 - Gastropoda sp.

Photos 3-4 - Fasciolariidae sp.

Photos 5-6 - Terebridae sp.

Photos 7-8 - Neverita didyma

Photos 9-10 - Duplicaria bernardii

More shells washed up on the shores of Woppa.

13/09/23 - Gastropoda spp.

QLD:CQC, Woppa (Great Keppel island), ocean shore

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Fasciolaria tulipa - 151 mm, Haïti

[caribbeankayakingtours]

Two juvenile Striped Fox Conch, also known as the Horse Conch. Controversial part: not actually a Conch, lol. It belongs to the Fasciolariidae family, as apposed to the Strombidae family that the highly sought after Queen Conch belongs to. That is why these little guys are actually carnivorous as apposed to true conch which are herbivores. www CaribbeanKayaking.org #marathonflorida #marathonfl #marathonfloridakeys #marathonflkeys #flkeys #flkeyslife #seasnail

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New species and new records of deep-water Fusolatirus (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the West Pacific

http://dlvr.it/NbcRz1

[dendroica]

Crassicantharus noumeensis, usnm1296851_2016-02-23-18.19 (via USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab)

I believe this mollusk is now called: Crassicantharus noumeensis: Gold-banded Latirus. But I could be wrong it was in the Smithsonian national collection and the name in the unit tray was Latius noumeensis ...thanks to Amanda Robinson for passing this along. Need to work on my lighting...to much fall off to the right.

[fossilroulette]

Name: Latirus moorei Location: Texas, USA, Cook Mountain Formation Age: 37-40 million years ago, Paleogene Period (Eocene Epoch)

These fossils are all specimens of Latirus, one of the most abundant species of snails at a particular Texas site. With such large numbers, Latirus might be expected to have been an important species with a big impact on its ancient community, but that's not necessarily true.

One of the ways that scientists determine the importance of a species is to measure how much energy passes through its individuals from birth to death. To estimate how much energy these extinct individuals of Latirus consumed and then passed to offspring, scientists took hundreds of measurements from dozens of modern species of snails. They used those measurements to calculate out how much energy an average snail uses at a certain size and age.

Scientists compared the energy flow of Latirus to that of other species of snail in the area. The more energy flowing through a species, the more important it was.

After measuring 152 specimens of Latirus and hundreds of specimens of other species of snail, scientists discovered that most of individuals of Latirus died before they were large enough to reproduce. The early deaths mean that the individuals of Latirusdidn't live as long and use as much energy as other snails in the area.

Surprisingly, Latirus had a smaller impact on the community and was less important than other species, from an energy standpoint.

Specimen Number: UT 46547

References: Powell, E.N., and R. J. Stanton, Jr. "Estimating Biomass and energy flow of molluscs in palaeo-communities." Palaeontology 28(1985):1-34.

Where are similar fossils found?

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Latirolagena smaragdulus - 39 mm, Seychelles

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Pleuroploca clava - 115/127 mm, Indonesia

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Leucozonia triserialis - 39,5 mm, Cap Verde

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Marmorofusus leptorhynchus - 90,5 mm, Egypt

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Granolaria salmo - 155 mm, Panama

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Fusinus zacae - 50 mm, Panama