Conus saucatsensis
Species of sea snail
Conus saucatsensis Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Several views of a shell of Conus saucatsensis | |
Conservation status | |
Extinct (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | †C. saucatsensis |
Binomial name | |
†Conus saucatsensis Mayer-Eymar, 1890 | |
Synonyms | |
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Conus saucatsensis is an extinct 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 attains 36 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is only known as a fossil from the Miocene found near Bordeaux, France.
References
- ^ Conus biodiversity website: Conus saucatsensis
- Cossmann (1896). Essais de Paleoconchologie Comparee 2 p. 148 ff
- Peyrot (1931). Conch. Neogen. L'Aquit.6 p. 39ff.,
External links
- Mayer-Eymar, C., 1891. Diagnoses Specierum Novarum. Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Zurich. Vierteljahrschrift, 35 (Heft 3/4 ): 290 -301
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