Conus anningae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1][2]

Conus anningae
Several shell specimens of Conus anningae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. anningae
Binomial name
Conus anningae
Hendricks, 2015

Description edit

The size of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution edit

This species is only known as a fossil from the lower Pliocene Gurabo Formation in the Dominican Republic.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus anningae Hendricks, 2015 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843129 on 2015-06-29
  2. ^ Hendricks, Jonathan R. (2015-04-01). "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. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1020924H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120924. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4382297. PMID 25830769.
  3. ^ "Conus anningae Hendricks sp". openi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-05.

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