Conus cashi
Conus cashi | |
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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 |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. cashi |
Binomial name | |
Conus cashi Hendricks, 2015 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
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
- 1 2 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
External links
External identifiers for Conus cashi | |
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WoRMS | 843163 |
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