Giant Straparollus

I guess it's true when they say that "Everything's bigger in Texas"! Here is a giant gastropod from the Pennsylvanian; Straparollus (euomphalus) plummeri. This specimen was found in Brookesmith, TX back in the 1970's and comes from an old collection. I've seen specimens of Straparollus before but mostly they were small, 1-2 cm sized specimens while this is more like 6-8cm in diameter. I'm not exactly sure what formation this came from as there were not much details on the label except the location.







I detailed some other Straparollus in This Post about gastropods from the Finis Shale in Texas.