Conus sewalli

Conus sewalli
Fossil specimens of a shell of Conus sewalli; all images 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. sewalli
Binomial name
Conus sewalli Maury, 1917
Synonyms[1]
† Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury, 1917 · accepted, alternate representation † Purpuriconus sewalli (Maury), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Conus sewalli 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 17 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is only found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus sewalli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843150 on 2015-11-26

• 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 sewalli
WoRMS	843150

• World Register of Marine Species