Profundiconus hennigi

Profundiconus hennigi
Several views of a shell of Profundiconus hennigi; the four images on the right are reversed images of the holotype photographed under UV light
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Profundiconus
Species:	P. hennigi
Binomial name
Profundiconus hennigi Hendricks, 2015

Profundiconus hennigi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17.6 mm and 25.5 mm.

Distribution

This fossil coral reef-associated species was found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus hennigi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843115 on 2016-01-20

• 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