Biology:Conus olssoni

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Conus olssoni
Temporal range: Neogene
Conus olssoni.jpg
Several images of Conus olssoni; all image are reversed images photographed under UV light.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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. 1.0 1.1 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q22286313 entry