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]
| Conasprella burckhardti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. burckhardti
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| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella burckhardti (Böse, 1906)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 31 mm.
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Distribution edit
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 edit
- ^ 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
- ^ 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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