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Conus sewalli

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Conus sewalli
Temporal range: Neogene
Fossil specimens of a shell of Conus sewalli; all images are reversed images photographed under UV light
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
†C. sewalli
Binomial name
†Conus sewalli
Maury, 1917
Synonyms[1]
  • † Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury, 1917 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Purpuriconus sewalli (Maury), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Conus sewalli is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 44 mm.

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