| Conus miamiensis Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | †C. miamiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Conus miamiensis Petuch, 1986 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus miamiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1] The species was exclusive to southern Florida.
This species is the type taxon of the fossil genus † Tequestaconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015
Description
The shell attains a length of 32 mm.
Distribution
This fossil species is known from the Plio-Pleistocene of Florida.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus miamiensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847919 on 2015-11-01
- E.J. Petuch (1986), The Pliocene Reefs of Miami: Their Geomorphological Significance in the Evolution of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, Southeastern Florida, U.S.A.; Journal of Coastal Research Vol. 2, No. 4 (Autumn, 1986), pp. 391-408
- Hendricks JR. The Genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Southeastern United States. Bull Am Paleontol. 2009;375: 1–180
External links
- World Register of Marine Species
- The Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life in the Southeastern United States
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