Conus lombardii

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

Conus lombardii 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 29.5 millimetres (1.16 in). It is similar to Conus kaesleri and Conus spurius

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is known only in the fossil state from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus lombardii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843188 on 2015-10-22

• 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