Conus zambaensis

Conus zambaensis
Several views of shells of Conus zambaensis; some are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light.
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	†C. zambaensis
Binomial name
†Conus zambaensis Hendricks, 2015
Synonyms[1]
† Conus (Dauciconus) zambaensis Hendricks, 2015 · accepted, alternate representation

Conus zambaensis 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 43 mm.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus zambaensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843178 on 2015-12-30

• 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

• To World Register of Marine Species