Conus cashi
Conus cashi is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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| Several images of Conus cashi; the colored images (F, G, H) are reversed images photographed under UV light | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. cashi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus cashi Hendricks, 2015 | |
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Description
The size of the shell attains 26 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is only found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus cashi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843163 on 2015-10-07
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