Conasprella burckhardti

Conasprella burckhardti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. burckhardti
Binomial name
Conasprella burckhardti
(Böse, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
  • †Conasprella (Ximeniconus) burckhardti (Böse, 1906)
  • † Conus burckhardti Böse, 1906
  • † Conus harrisi Olsson, 1922

Conasprella burckhardti is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 31 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene and Pliocene strata in the following locations:[1]the Gatun Formation, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Costa Rica and in Mexico; age rangez: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma.

References

  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Conasprella burckhardti (Böse, 1906) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289696 on 2018-12-27
  2. ^ Hendricks J. R. (2018). Diversity and preserved shell coloration patterns of Miocene Conidae (Neogastropoda) from an exposure of the Gatun Formation, Colón Province, Panama. Journal of Paleontology. 10.1017/jpa.2017.153: 34 pp.
  • E. Bose. 1906. Sobre algunas faunas terciarias. Boletin del Instituto Geologico de Mexico
  • A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452
  • Hendricks J. R. (2018). Diversity and preserved shell coloration patterns of Miocene Conidae (Neogastropoda) from an exposure of the Gatun Formation, Colón Province, Panama. Journal of Paleontology. 10.1017/jpa.2017.153: 34 pp


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