1. Data: My son found this fossil while digging to plant a tree in our backyard , could you help us identifying this shell and give us and approximate time in which this animal might have lived ? it was found in Miami Florida on July 29-2005 your help is very appreciated . Rgds Juan

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• Juan's fossil, from Miami, is probably Pleistocene (less than 1.8 million). It looks like the internal mold of a Strombus...David C.

• I agree with David C's other determinations...Allen A.

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• Porifera, Class Hexactinellida (glass sponge fossil)??...Avril B.

• Strombus sp and colonial hexacoral ... Andrew G.