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Campanile giganteum

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Campanile giganteum
Temporal range: Eocene
Shell of Campanile giganteum
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C. giganteum
Binomial name
Campanile giganteum
(Lamarck, 1804)

Campanile giganteum is a species of exceptionally large fossil sea snail, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Campanilidae. This species dates from the Eocene epoch. With a shell length of 40 to 90 cm (16 to 35 in)[1][2] or even more than 120 cm (47 in)[3] this is considered to be one of the largest (lengthwise) species of shelled gastropod that ever lived. It is found mostly in the Paris Basin, France.

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  1. ^ La plage coquillière. La Cave aux Coquillages 33.(0)3.26.58.36.43
  2. ^ Zuerich, ETH-Bibliothek. "Giant gastropods of the genus Campanile from the Caribbean Eocene". E-Periodica (in German). Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
  3. ^ Cerithium giganteum ou Campanile giganteum. Archived copy from 28 July 2016.
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