Conus kaesleri
| Conus kaesleri | |
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| Several images of Conus kaesleri; the colored images 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. kaesleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus kaesleri Hendricks, 2015 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus kaesleri is an extinct 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 46.5 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 kaesleri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843186 on 2015-10-07
External links
| External identifiers for Conus kaesleri | |
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| WoRMS | 843186 |
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