Conus bellacoensis

Conus bellacoensis

Several views of a shell of Conus bellacoensis
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
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 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

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. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0120924

External links

External identifiers for Conus bellacoensis
WoRMS	843153

To World Register of Marine Species

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