Florida fossil / fossilized Triviidae trivia shell this shell comes from
Sarasota County, Florida. The shell pit where these were found is closed
to the public. Alot of our fossils shells are rare or extinct and hard
to come by.
You will get the exact fossil shown above in photo's.
Lenght 11.34 mm
.45"
Width: .80 mm
.31"
Sarasota County, Florida, USA
Thanks for looking.
Our Identification info is based on general ID names we lost our ID
books in storms and beyond we took a direct hit by Hurricane Charley
which soaked the books we had and we are too old to go and replace them
and relearn all the info again. we will do our best to name what we can
give the general name and the pit they came from and whatever general
information we can give, there is so much controversy about shell names
and how to id them and some of them look so close as look alike shells, Florida is known to have the most pristine fossil
shells in the world. We personally hand collected our shells many years
ago and have been fossil collecting for more than 25 years and collected
what we could, if we didn't collect all of these shells they would have
been lost forever, all of the pits are now full of water and are bass
ponds and condos and with all the pits now have been closed to the
following due to all trespassers / fossil hunting and clubs / fossil
hunting clubs, a lot of the pits are not even allowing the workers to
collect anything and truck drivers could not leave their trucks while
they were waiting to get loaded. Due to stricter Insurance rules
etc...,And what we have heard from multiple owners and management that
started all the fossil hunting bans, happened due to some fossil clubs /
clubs , the members climbing 30 ft banks and have fell down and got
hurt pretty bad and sued the pit owner and won even though they signed a
liability release form which the pit owners learned that the release
was not worth the paper it was written on. Fossil Hunting Ban
The poor pit owner was just trying to be nice to the clubs / fossil
clubs and let them in to fossil / shell hunters, No good deed goes
unpunished,The pit owner is just trying to make a living and do
something nice for the fossil hunters and he lost big and it didn't take
long for the lawsuit info to get to all the other pit owners, the truck
drivers, pit workers, and everyone in that type of business and the
people that bought the materials from and hauled to them. Lucky for us
we were really good friends with the owners and management in the pits
for years even after the fossil hunting ban was put into effect. So
whatever collections that are out there and shells are for sale, just
please keep in mind, to get the fossil shells while you can, these may
be the last fossils that you could get for your collections, If you want
a fossil get it while you can. It may be your last chance.