Conus symmetricus
Conus symmetricus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus symmetricus Temporal range: Neogene | |
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| Several specimens of a shell of Conus symmetricus; all images are reversed images of specimens 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. symmetricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus symmetricus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 46 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is only known as a fossil from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus symmetricus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843127 on 2015-12-08
- Sowerby I GB. Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker, Esq. Q J Geol Soc London. 1850;6: 44–53.
- 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
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