Conus olssoni
Conus olssoni is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus olssoni Temporal range: Neogene | |
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| Several images of Conus olssoni; all image are reversed images photographed under UV light. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. olssoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus olssoni Maury, 1917 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 46 mm.
Distribution
This extinct species is known in the fossil state from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus olssoni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843132 on 2015-11-11
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