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Conus saucatsensis

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Conus saucatsensis
Several views of a shell of Conus saucatsensis
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. saucatsensis
Binomial name
Conus saucatsensis
Mayer-Eymar, 1890
Synonyms
  • Leptoconus saucatsensis Mayer-Eymar, 1890

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 36 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is only known as a fossil from the Miocene found near Bordeaux, france.

References

  • Cossmann (1896). Essais de Paleoconchologie Comparee 2 p.148 ff
  • Peyrot (1931). Conch. Neogen. L'Aquit.6 p.39ff.,