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Conus miamiensis

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Conus miamiensis
Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
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. miamiensis
Binomial name
Conus miamiensis
Petuch, 1986
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Virgiconus) miamiensis Petuch, 1986 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus marylandicus Petuch, 1986

Conus miamiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1] The species was exclusive to southern Florida.

This species is the type taxon of the fossil genus † Tequestaconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015

Description

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The shell attains a length of 32 mm.

Distribution

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This fossil species is known from the Plio-Pleistocene of Florida.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus miamiensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847919 on 2015-11-01
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