Biology:Conus multiliratus
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Short description: Species of sea snail
Conus multiliratus | |
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Several specimens of Conus multiliratus; all images are reversed image of specimens photographed under UV light. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. multiliratus
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Binomial name | |
Conus multiliratus Böse, 1906
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus multiliratus 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 16.7 mm and 20.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail is found as a fossil from the Middle Miocene and Tertiary in Mexico, Panama and Colombia; in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus multiliratus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843170 on 2016-01-01
- Böse, E., 1906. Sobre algunas faunas terciarias de México. Boletin Instituto Geológico de México, 22: 1 -92
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q22286277 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus multiliratus.
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