Conus haytensis

Conus haytensis

Several views of a shell of Conus haytensis - All are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light
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. haytensis
Binomial name
*Conus haytensis* G. B. Sowerby I, 1850
Synonyms^[1]
† Conus (Dendroconus) haytensis Sowerby I, 1850 † Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1850· accepted, alternate representation

Conus haytensis is a fossil 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 varies between 21 mm and 36 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is only known in the fossil state and was found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus haytensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843161 on 2015-10-05

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 haytensis
WoRMS	843161

World Register of Marine Species

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