Conus miamiensis
Appearance
Conus miamiensis Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | †C. miamiensis
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Binomial name | |
†Conus miamiensis Petuch, 1986
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus miamiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1] The species was exclusive to southern Florida.
This species is the type taxon of the fossil genus † Tequestaconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015
Description
[edit]The shell attains a length of 32 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This fossil species is known from the Plio-Pleistocene of Florida.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus miamiensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847919 on 2015-11-01
- E.J. Petuch (1986), The Pliocene Reefs of Miami: Their Geomorphological Significance in the Evolution of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, Southeastern Florida, U.S.A.; Journal of Coastal Research Vol. 2, No. 4 (Autumn, 1986), pp. 391-408
- Hendricks JR. The Genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Southeastern United States. Bull Am Paleontol. 2009;375: 1–180
External links
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- The Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life in the Southeastern United States