1.7" Ordovician Septate Gastropod (Ecculiomphalus) Fossil - Wisconsin

Ordovician Septate Gastropod (Ecculiomphalus) Fossil - Wisconsin #216403

This is a 1.7" long example of the Middle Ordovician septate gastropod, Ecculiomphalus undulatus. This fossil is part of an old collection from the Grand Detour Formation in Rock County, Wisconsin. It has been completely prepped free from the rock it was found in.

Gastropods, or snails, have been around since the Late Cambrian period. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. There are 611 known families of gastropods, of which 202 families are extinct and appear only in the fossil record.