Conus haytensis
Species of sea snail
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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]
| 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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. haytensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus haytensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 21 mm and 36 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is only known in the fossil state and was found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.
