Conus multiliratus
Conus multiliratus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus multiliratus | |
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| Several specimens of Conus multiliratus; all images are reversed image of specimens photographed under UV light. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. multiliratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus multiliratus Böse, 1906 | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 16.7 mm and 20.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail is found as a fossil from the Middle Miocene and Tertiary in Mexico, Panama and Colombia; in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus multiliratus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843170 on 2016-01-01
- Böse, E., 1906. Sobre algunas faunas terciarias de México. Boletin Instituto Geológico de México, 22: 1 -92
- Hendricks J.R. (2015). Glowing seashells: diversity of fossilized coloration patterns on coral reef-associated cone snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0120924
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