This is a Lophospira oweni. Though some probably frown upon the practice, I've taken to giving these fossils common names. When I work with kids their eyes glaze over if I use scientific names. I call this one Owen's Ridge Spiral which is essentially what the scientific name means. This way, I'm teaching a little Latin too. As you can see it is about 20mm wide. I had to do a lot of work on this one to free it from the surrounding matrix.
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~Kirk
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