Conus garrisoni

Conus garrisoni
Several views of Conus garrisoni; the brown-colored specimens are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. garrisoni
Binomial name
Conus garrisoni
Hendricks, 2015
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) garrisoni Hendricks, 2015 · accepted, alternate representation

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 27.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus garrisoni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843176 on 2015-09-23
External identifiers for Conus garrisoni
WoRMS 843176


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