Conus platensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | †C. platensis |
Binomial name | |
†Conus platensis Frenguelli, 1946 | |
Synonyms | |
† Conus (Leptoconus) platensisFrenguelli, 1946 |
Conus platensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1]
The size of the shell attains 23 mm.
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This species was found as a fossil off Platense de Punta Carreta, Montevideo, Uruguay
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