Conus anningae explained

Conus anningae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The size of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is only known as a fossil from the lower Pliocene Gurabo Formation in the Dominican Republic.^[3]

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus anningae Hendricks, 2015 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843129 on 2015-06-29
2. Hendricks . Jonathan R. . 2015-04-01 . Glowing Seashells: Diversity of Fossilized Coloration Patterns on Coral Reef-Associated Cone Snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) Shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic . PLOS ONE . en . 10 . 4 . e0120924 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0120924 . free . 1932-6203 . 4382297 . 25830769. 2015PLoSO..1020924H .
3. Web site: Conus anningae Hendricks sp. . 2024-02-05 . openi.nlm.nih.gov.