This Burmese amber with snail shell inclusion preserves a fossil gastropod shell encased in Cretaceous Burmese amber, approximately 100 million years old. Snails belong to the class Gastropoda within the phylum Mollusca and are characterized by their distinctive shells, which often display spiral growth patterns. Fossil snail shells are uncommon inclusions in amber and provide valuable evidence of ancient mollusk diversity. This specimen offers insight into the terrestrial invertebrate communities that inhabited prehistoric forest ecosystems during the age of dinosaurs.
 
Product Details
 
• Species: Snail 
• Order: Unidentified
• Origin: Burmese amber
• Age: Approximately 100 million years
• Period: Cretaceous
• Dimensions: 1.5 inches
• Weight: 5 grams
 
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