Conus olssoni

Conus olssoni
Several images of Conus olssoni; all image are reversed images 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. olssoni
Binomial name
Conus olssoni Maury, 1917
Synonyms[1]
† Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury, 1917 † · accepted, alternate representation † Dauciconus olssoni (Maury), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Conus olssoni 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 varies between 22 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

This extinct species is known in the fossil state from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus olssoni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843132 on 2015-11-11

• 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 olssoni
WoRMS	843132

• To World Register of Marine Species