• Source: Conus franklinae

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




Description


The size of the shell attains 32.7 mm.




Distribution


This marine species of cone snail has only been found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.




References



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




External links


To World Register of Marine Species

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Conus franklinae
• Conus (Atlanticonus)
• List of Conus species
• 2015 in paleomalacology
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)