Conus kaesleri

Conus kaesleri
Several images of Conus kaesleri; the colored images are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	†C. kaesleri
Binomial name
†Conus kaesleri Hendricks, 2015
Synonyms [1]
† Conus (Spuriconus) kaesleriHendricks, 2015 · accepted, alternate representation

Conus kaesleri 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 46.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is only found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus kaesleri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843186 on 2015-10-07

• 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