Biology:Conus planiliratus

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Conus planiliratus
Temporal range: Neogene
Conus planiliratus.jpg
Several shells of Conus planiliratus, seen as 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. planiliratus
Binomial name
Conus planiliratus
G. B. Sowerby I, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) planiliratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 · accepted, alternate representation

Conus planiliratus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

This species is not to be confounded with Conus planiliratus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1870, a synonym of Graphiconus inscriptus inscriptus maculospira (Pilsbry, H.A. & C.W. Johnson, 1922), itself a synonym of Conus inscriptus Reeve, 1843.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus planiliratus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215524 on 2015-11-16

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q19795467 entry