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Conasprella stenostoma

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Conasprella stenostoma
Four views of a shell of Conasprella stenostoma (reversed images of specimens photographed under UV-light)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. stenostoma
Binomial name
Conasprella stenostoma
Sowerby, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus stenostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 † (original combination)
  • Conus stenostomus Sowerby I, Maury, 1917
  • Kohniconus stenostoma (Sowerby I), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Conasprella stenostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

It is only known as a fossil.

Description

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Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella simonei (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836781 on 2015-06-20