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Profundiconus hennigi

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Extinct species of gastropod

Profundiconus hennigi
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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17.6 mm and 25.5 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2016)

Distribution

This fossil coral reef-associated species was found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic

References

  1. ^ 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
Taxon identifiers
Profundiconus hennigi


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