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

Conilithes exaltatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conilithes
Species:
C. exaltatus
Binomial name
Conilithes exaltatus
(Eichwald, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conilithes dujardini (Deshayes, 1845)
  • Conus (Conospira) antideluvianus var. buiturica Moisescu, 1955
  • Conus dujardini Deshayes, 1845
  • Conus exaltatus Eichwald, 1830
  • Conus subacutangulus d'Orbigny, 1852

Distribution edit

This fossil occurs and is mostly found in the following locations:[1]

  • Austria
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Czech Republic
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Poland

References edit

  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Conilithes exaltatus (Eichwald, 1830) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986778 on 2018-12-28
  2. ^ Harzhauser M. & Landau B. (2016). A revision of the Neogene Conidae and Conorbidae (Gastropoda) of the Paratethys Sea. Zootaxa. 4210(1): 1-178.