Conus globoponderosus explained

Conus globoponderosus is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is found only in the fossil state in the Miocene and Tertiary of Austria and Italy, Europe.

References

• Sacco, F., 1893. I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Pt. XIII. Conidae and Conorbidae. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 2 (44): 1 -134
• 1958, Sieber. Ann.Nathist.Mus.Wien 62:123 (taxonomic revision)
• 1960, Glibert. Mem.Inst.R.Sci.Nat.Belg.ser.2,fasc.64,p. 91ff.

Notes and References

1. http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/recordview/record.php?ID=1220l334l&tabs=11010011&frms=0&res=speclst&pglimit=G Conus (Chelyconus) globoponderosus Sacco, 1893