Conus bellacoensis

Conus bellacoensis
Several views of a shell of Conus bellacoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. bellacoensis
Binomial name
Conus bellacoensis
Hendricks, 2015
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Stephanoconus) bellacoensis Hendricks, 2015 · accepted, alternate representation

Conus bellacoensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Description

The size of the shell grows to a length of 76 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is only known as a fossil from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus bellacoensis Hendricks, 2015 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843153 on 2015-07-25

External links

External identifiers for Conus bellacoensis
WoRMS 843153


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