Conus pelagicus

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Conus pelagicus
Temporal range: Miocene-Pleistocene
Conus pelagicus Brocchi 1814Pliocene Cyprus.jpg
Shell of Conus pelagicus
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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]

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Description

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]

Distribution

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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References

  1. Brocchi, G., 1814. Conchiologia Fossile Subapennina, con Osservazioni Geologiche sugli Apennini e suolo adiacente, 2: 241 -712
  2. Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles (1818)