Conus lombardii explained

Conus lombardii 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 attains 29.5 mm. It is similar to Conus kaesleri and Conus spurius

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is known only in the fossil state in 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

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus lombardii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843188 on 2015-10-22