Conus sewalli
Appearance
Conus sewalli Temporal range: Neogene
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Fossil specimens of a shell of Conus sewalli; all images are reversed images photographed under UV light | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | †C. sewalli
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Binomial name | |
†Conus sewalli Maury, 1917
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Conus sewalli is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 44 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is only found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus sewalli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843150 on 2015-11-26
External links
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