Conus haytensis
Species of sea snail
Conus haytensis Temporal range: Neogene | |
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Several views of a shell of Conus haytensis - All are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. haytensis |
Binomial name | |
Conus haytensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus haytensis is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 21 mm and 36 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is only known in the fossil state and was found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus haytensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843161 on 2015-10-05
- Hendricks J.R. (2015). Glowing seashells: diversity of fossilized coloration patterns on coral reef-associated cone snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0120924
External links
- World Register of Marine Species
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