Herndliconus

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Herndliconus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Herndliconus
Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015

Herndliconus is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae. [1] [2]

Species

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Herndliconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847916 on 2018-12-26
  2. Petuch E.J., Drolshagen M. & Herndl G. (2015). Cone shells of the Okeechobean Sea (Pliocene, Pleistocene). Harxheim: Conchbooks. 179 pp.