Biology:Conus humerosus

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Short description: Species of Gastropoda

Conus humerosus
Conus humerosus 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Conus humerosus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. humerosus
Binomial name
Conus humerosus
Pilsbry, 1921
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Spuriconus) humerosus Pilsbry, 1921 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus proteus humerosus Pilsbry, 1921 (original rank)

Conus humerosus is a fossil 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 65 mm.

Distribution

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

Conus humerosus; Correspondence between oxidation of the shell, fluorescence under UV light, and effects of digitally reversing the image of the fluorescing shell using photoediting software

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus humerosus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843183 on 2015-10-07

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q22286148 entry