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]
Conus garrisoni | |
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Several views of Conus garrisoni; the brown-colored specimens are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | †C. garrisoni
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Binomial name | |
†Conus garrisoni Hendricks, 2015
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe size of the shell attains 27.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species of cone snail is found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
edit- ^ a b 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
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