Conus haytensis
| Conus haytensis Temporal range: Neogene
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| Several views of a shell of Conus haytensis - All are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. haytensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus haytensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1850
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus haytensis is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 21 mm and 36 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is only known in the fossil state and was found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus haytensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843161 on 2015-10-05
External links
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