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Conus humerosus

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Conus humerosus
Drawing of a shell of Conus humerosus
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. humerosus
Binomial name
Conus humerosus
Pilsbry, 1921
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Spuriconus) humerosus Pilsbry, 1921 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus proteus humerosus Pilsbry, 1921 (original rank)

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

Description

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The size of the shell attains 65 mm.

Distribution

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

Conus humerosus; Correspondence between oxidation of the shell, fluorescence under UV light, and effects of digitally reversing the image of the fluorescing shell using photoediting software

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus humerosus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843183 on 2015-10-07
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