Conus pelagicus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus pelagicus Temporal range: Miocene-Pleistocene
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| Shell of Conus pelagicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | †C. pelagicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Conus pelagicus Brocchi, 1814
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| Synonyms | |
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Conus (Chelyconus) pelagicus Brocchi, 1814 | |
Description
editThe length of this conical shell is 54 mm. It has a rather elevated spire with 12 inclined whorls, some of which are somewhat rounded. The shell is covered with tawny circular spots and a few longitudinal corrugated, marbling streaks.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species of cone snail has only been found as a fossil in the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene of Europe.
References
edit- ^ Brocchi, G., 1814. Conchiologia Fossile Subapennina, con Osservazioni Geologiche sugli Apennini e suolo adiacente, 2: 241 -712
- ^ Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles (1818)
- 1840, Grateloup. Conchyliologie Fossile des Terrains Tertiares du Bassin de, Upper Miocene.
- 1856, Hoernes. Abh.K.K.Geol.Reichsanstalt 3, Upper Miocene.
- 1868, Foresti. Catalogo Moll.Foss.Plioc.Coline Bolognesi, Upper Pliocene.
- 1910, Cerulli-Irelli. Paleont.Ital.16 p. 48(240)ff., Upper Pliocene.
- 1955, Rossi-Ronchetti. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia Mem.5 pt, Upper Pliocene.
- 1960, Glibert. Mem.Inst.R.Sci.Nat.Belg.ser.2fasc.64 p. 91ff., Upper Pliocene.
- 1960, Glibert. Mem.Inst.R.Sci.Nat.Belg.2nd ser.,fasc.64 p. 91ff., Upper Pliocene.
- 1997, Chirli. Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana, 1:7; pl. 1, fig. 17; pl. 2, fig. 1-5., Upper Pliocene.
- 1997, Chirli. Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana, 1:7; pl. 1, fig. 17; pl. 2, fig. 1-5., Upper Pleistocene.