Extinct fossil sea snails

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Extinct fossil sea snails: Pleurotomaria tuberculosa, P. oenata, Trochus Schubleri and Turbo granulatus. Handcoloured lithograph by an unknown artist from Dr. Schmidt's "Petrefactenbuch," published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr. Schmidt's "Book of Petrification" introduced fossils and palaeontology to both the specialist and general reader.

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