Hemiconus leroyi
Appearance
Hemiconus leroyi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | †Hemiconus |
Species: | †H. leroyi
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Binomial name | |
†Hemiconus leroyi Tracey & Craig, 2017
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Hemiconus leroyi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in France.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Hemiconus leroyi Tracey & Craig, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056909 on 2018-12-28
External links
[edit]- Tracey S., Craig B., Belliard L. & Gain O. (2017). One, four or forty species? - early Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) that led to a radiation and biodiversity peak in the late Lutetian Eocene of the Cotentin, NW France. Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. 3: 1-38