Conus anningae

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

Conus anningae
Several shell specimens of Conus anningae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. anningae
Binomial name
Conus anningae
Hendricks, 2015

Description

The size of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is only known as a fossil from the lower Pliocene Gurabo Formation in the Dominican Republic.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus anningae Hendricks, 2015 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843129 on 2015-06-29


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