Conus recognitus

Conus recognitus
Four views of a shell of Conus recognitus; all images 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. recognitus
Binomial name
Conus recognitus Guppy, 1867
Synonyms[1]
† Conus (Lithoconus) recognitus Guppy, Pflug, 1961 † Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy, 1867· accepted, alternate representation † Pyruconus recognitus (Guppy), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Conus recognitus 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 attains 33 mm.

Distribution

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

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus recognitus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843158 on 2015-11-20

• 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. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0120924

External links

External identifiers for Conus recognitus
WoRMS	843158

• To World Register of Marine Species