Corsi 242, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 242 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Lumachella di Abruzzo, from Scontrone, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Geological description: | Limestone. A fossiliferous calcarenite with calcite cement, probably of Tertiary or Quaternary age. It contains large calcite oysters and high-spired gastropods with the original aragonite shell preserved. |
| Comments: | This has been recognised as Lumachella di Abruzzo from Scontrone, in Abruzzo. |
| References: | Gnoli (1988) 136; Jervis (1889) 221; Price (2007) 157 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 3. Lumachellas; ii. Italian lumachellas |
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| Corsi's text: | 81.10 Lumachella di Napoli |