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Calyptræa chinensis (LINNÉ)

Accession Number NWHCM : 2006.172.533

Description

Fossil mollusc, Calyptræa chinensis (LINNÉ) (gastropod, chinaman's hat); well preserved, the largest shell is intact, borehole from the Quaternary (Pleistocene, Early Pleistocene) deposits, Icenian Crag, of the Royal Society Borehole, Ludham, Norfolk, England examined by Dr Peter E.P. Norton, 1961

Measurements 4.9 mm
Department Natural History-Geology : Norwich Castle Museum
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