Conus multiliratus

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Conus multiliratus
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Several specimens of Conus multiliratus; all images are reversed image of specimens photographed under UV light.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. multiliratus
Binomial name
Conus multiliratus
Böse, 1906
Synonyms [1]
  • † Conus (Dauciconus) multiliratusBöse, 1906 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Conus agassizii multiliratusBöse, 1906 (original rank)
  • † Conus gazaJohnson & Pilsbry, 1911
  • † Conasprelloides multiliratus(Böse), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Conus multiliratus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 16.7 mm and 20.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is found as a fossil from the Middle Miocene and Tertiary in Mexico, Panama and Colombia; in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus multiliratus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843170 on 2016-01-01


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