Exceptionaly large Eocene gastropod Clavilithes pinus from Highcliffe (UK)

Description

Moving between continents one realises the amount of stuff collected over a lifetime. I really need to lighten the load, while I may part with the objects, the memories of many happy hours spent collecting them will remain forever.
These gastropods were collected over the course of two decades from the classic Eocene site of Highcliffe / Barton on Sea along the southern coast of the UK, from the Barton Clay Formation. Unfortunately with the newly built sea defences the site is becoming less and less productive, many of the rarer species are now very hard to find. I am selling the collection species by species, so if someone needs to fill any gaps in their collection this might be a good opportunity.
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This lot:
Clavilithes pinus
(Perry 1811
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This species is one of the largest finds from the Barton Clay, occurring in the Middle Barton Beds. Interestingly juveniles are very rare, one mainly finds battered shells of large adults that were rolled on the seafloor before fossilization, often colonised by oysters. This huge specimen at 15cm is the largest near complete one I have ever found (the basal stem is invariably broken off), and incidentally my very first find at Highcliffe some 20 years ago...