Conus pelagicus Temporal range: Miocene-Pleistocene | |
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Shell of Conus pelagicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | †C. pelagicus |
Binomial name | |
†Conus pelagicus Brocchi, 1814 | |
Synonyms | |
Conus (Chelyconus) pelagicusBrocchi, 1814 |
Conus pelagicus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [1]
The length of this conical shell is 54 mm. It has a rather elevated spire with 12 inclined whorls, some of which are somewhat rounded. The shell is covered with tawny circular spots and a few longitudinal corrugated, marbling streaks. [2]
This marine species of cone snail has only been found as a fossil in the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene of Europe.
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