GASTROPOD SNAIL/OTHER SHELLS

COOBER PEDY AUSTRALIA

OPALISED FOSSIL 

WHITE BASE 

MULTICOLOR 

PART POLISHED TO KEEP THE FOSSIL VALUE 

TOTAL WEIGHT AND SIZE OF LARGEST PIECE STATED.

Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to Achatina achatina, the largest known land gastropod. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and sea slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and land slugs.

Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mollusca, and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum,