>If true, that makes it bigger than the longest known other species, the paris Basin Eocene campanilid Campanile giganteus at 0.95m.<
Peter Jung reconstructed a record-sized total for Campanile from the Eocene of the Caribbean (composite of multiple specimens), but I do not recall the total length. The fold-out plate is quite impressive.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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