Profundiconus hennigi
| Profundiconus hennigi | |
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| Several views of a shell of Profundiconus hennigi; the four images on the right are reversed images of the holotype photographed under UV light | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Profundiconus |
| Species: | P. hennigi |
| Binomial name | |
| Profundiconus hennigi Hendricks, 2015 | |
Profundiconus hennigi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Description
The species is described from a 2015 fossil specimen and added to the genus based on color and morphological similarities to Profundiconus lani, though the high spire on its shell is more similar to Conus bellacoensis.[2] The assignment to the current genus is disputed.[3] The size of the shell varies between 17.6 mm and 25.5 mm.[1]
Distribution
This proposed fossil cone snail is the only one of its genus found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.[2]
References
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- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus hennigi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843115 on 2016-01-20
- 1 2 Hendricks, J.R. (2015). "Glowing seashells: diversity of fossilized coloration patterns on coral reef-associated cone snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic". PLOS ONE. 10 (4) e0120924. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1020924H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120924. PMC 4382297. PMID 25830769.
- ↑ Tenorio, Manuel (2016). "The genus Profundiconus: Cone nails from the Deep Sea". INBIO, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.33046.55361.