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Snails and Slugs in Amber

Snails in amber.

Snails in amber

MOLLUSCA (2c., 2o., 2f., 1g., 1sp.)

Bivalvia (1o., 1f., 1g., 1sp.)

Myoida (1f., 1g., 1sp.)

Pholadidae (crypts)

Palaeoclavaria burmitis Poinar & Brown, 2003

Gastropoda (1o., 1f.)

Panpulmonata (1f.)

Punctidae

Our taxa list is based on the amazing work of Dr Andrew J. Ross who has prepared a newer updated list and kindly offers it for free download
Amber lovers and Paleos can dig up the latest updated version here:
https://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1154465/burmese-amber-taxa-v2017_2.pdf

Popular Pages

Egg in amber
Lots of bird eggs in amber
Bird in amber and bird nest in amber
Birds nest in amber
Cretaceous bird head in amber from Kachin State Myanmar
Bird head fossils in amber

Snails and slugs

The 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 large. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and sea slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and land slugs