Conasprella stenostoma

Conasprella stenostoma

Four views of a shell of Conasprella stenostoma (reversed images of specimens photographed under UV-light)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conasprella
Species:	C. stenostoma
Binomial name
*Conasprella stenostoma*
Synonyms^[1]
† Conus stenostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 † (original combination) † Conus stenostomus Sowerby I, Maury, 1917 † Kohniconus stenostoma (Sowerby I), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Conasprella stenostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

It is only known as a fossil.

Distribution

This fossil species is known from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella simonei (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836781 on 2015-06-20

Hendricks J.R. (2015). Glowing seashells: diversity of fossilized coloration patterns on coral reef-associated cone snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic

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