Eoconus sauridens

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Eoconus sauridens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus:† Eoconus
Species:
†E. sauridens
Binomial name
†Eoconus sauridens
(Conrad, 1833)
Synonyms [1]
  • † Conus alveatusT. A. Conrad, 1865
  • † Conus claibornensisLea, 1833
  • † Conus cracensR. C. Hoerle, 1976
  • † Conus jacksonensisMeyer, 1885
  • † Conus nocensGarve, 1996
  • † Conus parvusLea, 1841
  • † Conus sauridensConrad, 1833 (original combination)
  • † Conus subsauridensT. A. Conrad, 1865
  • † Conus tortilisT. A. Conrad, 1854
  • † Conus sauridensConrad, 1833
  • † Leptoconus santanderGardner, 1945

Eoconus sauridens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae. [1]

Contents

One subspecies: † Conus sauridens chiraensisA. A. Olsson, 1930 [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 65 mm

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Eocene strata in Mississippi, Florida and Texas, US; also in Colombia, Panama and Peru.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Eoconus sauridens (Conrad, 1833) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052048 on 2018-12-27
  2. ↑ A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1–164


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