Inclusion(s):

Gastropoda – Snail shell (Schneckenhaus)

Collection Number:

KA106/CAB

Inclusion Size:

2.7 mm

Amber Size:

13 x 12 x 4 mm

Age:

Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)

Location:

Myanmar

Remarks:

Snail shell preserved in Burmese amber. The shell shows an unusual high-conical shape with an enlarged final whorl, differing from the more typical rounded snail shells often found in amber. Such shells belonged to small terrestrial snails that lived in leaf litter or on moist forest floors.

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Inclusion(s):

Gastropoda – Snail shell (Schneckenhaus)

Collection Number:

KA106/CAB

Inclusion Size:

2.7 mm

Amber Size:

13 x 12 x 4 mm

Age:

Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)

Location:

Myanmar

Snail shell preserved in Burmese amber. The shell shows an unusual high-conical shape with an enlarged final whorl, differing from the more typical rounded snail shells often found in amber. Such shells belonged to small terrestrial snails that lived in leaf litter or on moist forest floors.