Campanile giganteum

†Campanile giganteum is a species of exceptionally large fossil sea snail, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Campanilidae. This species dates from the Eocene epoch. With a shell length of 40 to 60 cm 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.

Campanile giganteum
Temporal range: Eocene
Shell of Campanile giganteum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Campaniloidea
Family:
Campanilidae
Genus:
Campanile
Species:
†C. giganteum
Binomial name
†Campanile giganteum
(Lamarck, 1804)

References
    • ZipcodeZoo info at:
    • In French, a cave in France with many of these fossils:
    • A good image of one:


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