Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Campaniloidea Genus Campanile Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Campanilidae Scientific name Campanile giganteum Rank Species | |
 | ||
Similar Campanile, Clavilithes, Campanile symbolicum, Velates, Cameroceras | ||
†Campanile giganteum is a species of exceptionally large fossil sea snail, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Campanilidae. This species dates from the Eocene epoch. With a shell length of 40 to 60 cm [1] this is considered to be one of the largest (lengthwise) species of shelled gastropod that ever lived. It is found mostly in the Paris Basin.
References
Campanile giganteum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA