Siphocypraea desotoensis 3 ¼” or 81.39mm.Giant #16876

Siphocypraea (Floridacypraea) desotoensis 3 ¼” or 81.39mm. Petuch &

Drolshagen, 2011-Extinct Super Giant

Collected in the Bee Branch Member of the Caloosahatchee Formation in 2004.

Brantley Pit, Desoto County, Arcadia, Florida. Gelasian Pleistocene 2.0-2.2 M.Y.A.

Collector: Melanie Briskin Long Defunct pit since

2004. This cowrie was identified by Dr. Ed Petuch it might be one of the largest if

not the largest ever found for the species!