Conus pelagicus explained

Conus pelagicus 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 length of this conical shell is 54 mm. It has a rather elevated spire with 12 inclined whorls, some of which are somewhat rounded. The shell is covered with tawny circular spots and a few longitudinal corrugated, marbling streaks.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail has only been found as a fossil in the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene of Europe.

References

• 1840, Grateloup. Conchyliologie Fossile des Terrains Tertiares du Bassin de, Upper Miocene.
• 1856, Hoernes. Abh.K.K.Geol.Reichsanstalt 3, Upper Miocene.
• 1868, Foresti. Catalogo Moll.Foss.Plioc.Coline Bolognesi, Upper Pliocene.
• 1910, Cerulli-Irelli. Paleont.Ital.16 p. 48(240)ff., Upper Pliocene.
• 1955, Rossi-Ronchetti. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia Mem.5 pt, Upper Pliocene.
• 1960, Glibert. Mem.Inst.R.Sci.Nat.Belg.ser.2fasc.64 p. 91ff., Upper Pliocene.
• 1960, Glibert. Mem.Inst.R.Sci.Nat.Belg.2nd ser.,fasc.64 p. 91ff., Upper Pliocene.
• 1997, Chirli. Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana, 1:7; pl. 1, fig. 17; pl. 2, fig. 1-5., Upper Pliocene.
• 1997, Chirli. Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana, 1:7; pl. 1, fig. 17; pl. 2, fig. 1-5., Upper Pleistocene.

External links

• Conus Biodiversity Website: Conus kahiko

Notes and References

1. Brocchi, G., 1814. Conchiologia Fossile Subapennina, con Osservazioni Geologiche sugli Apennini e suolo adiacente, 2: 241 -712
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=TJI5AAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Conus+pelagicus%22&pg=RA1-PA62 Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles (1818)