Conus pelagicus
Species of sea snail
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Conus pelagicus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus pelagicus Temporal range: Miocene-Pleistocene | |
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| Shell of Conus pelagicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | †C. pelagicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Conus pelagicus Brocchi, 1814 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Conus (Chelyconus) pelagicus Brocchi, 1814 | |
Description
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail has only been found as a fossil in the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene of Europe.