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Conus fusellinus

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Conus fusellinus
Temporal range: Miocene[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. fusellinus
Binomial name
Conus fusellinus
Suter, 1917

Conus fusellinus is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species of cone snail occurs as a fossil in the Miocene of New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca Occurring in New Zealand Part I" [1]
  2. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Conus fusellinus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831755 on 2015-09-23
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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