Conus bellacoensis explained

Conus bellacoensis 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 grows to a length of 76 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is only known as a fossil from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

• Hendricks J.R. (2015). 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. 10(4): e0120924

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus bellacoensis Hendricks, 2015 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843153 on 2015-07-25