Carychium nannodes G. Clapp, 1905 File Thorn

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM)

Carychium nannodes G. Clapp, 1905 File Thorn

    Drift, Paint Rock River system, Estill Fork, 1 mi N. Estillfork, Jackson County, Alabama (1.37 mm.). Bob Winters! 3 January, 2016. Specimen culled by H. G. Lee, and SEM produced in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. .Also see: Carychium nannodes G. Clapp, 1905 File Thorn and the Florida fossils illustrated below.

Carychium sp. aff. C. floridanum G. Clapp, 1918 cf. Florida Thorn

Scanning Electron Micrographs (SEM) Of Fossil Specimens

Carychium sp. aff. C. floridanum G. Clapp, 1918 cf. Florida Thorn

    Possibly a diminutive ancestor of C. floridanum with a more oval-oblique aperture with weaker dentition, less callused peristome, more convex whorls/deeper sutures, and more tapered early spire. Dig in Orlando, Orange County, Florida exposing the Nashua Formation (Plio-early Pleistocene). SEMs produced by H. G. Lee in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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