Profundiconus hennigi

Profundiconus hennigi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Profundiconus hennigi
Several views of a shell of Profundiconus hennigi; the four images on the right are reversed images of the holotype photographed under UV light
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Profundiconus
Species:
P. hennigi
Binomial name
Profundiconus hennigi
Hendricks, 2015

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17.6 mm and 25.5 mm.

Distribution

This fossil coral reef-associated species was found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus hennigi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843115 on 2016-01-20


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