Conus zambaensis
Species of sea snail
| Conus zambaensis | |
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| Several views of shells of Conus zambaensis; some are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light. | |
Conservation status | |
Extinct | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | †C. zambaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Conus zambaensis Hendricks, 2015 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus zambaensis 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 43 mm.
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail is found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus zambaensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843178 on 2015-12-30
- 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
- To World Register of Marine Species
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