Conus lyelli

Conus lyelli

Several shells of Conus lyelli; the colored specimens are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light; the two specimens below right are specimens of Conus xenicus Pilsbry and Johnson, 1917
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. lyelli
Binomial name
*Conus lyelli* Hendricks, 2015

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 29.4 mm. Conus lyelli shows tubercles on all postnuclear whorls. This species is different from any known extant species. This suggests that it, along with Conus xenicus, may be members of an extinct clade of cone snails.

Distribution

This marine species is only known in the fossil state from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

References

↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus lyelli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843130 on 2015-10-24

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

External identifiers for Conus lyelli
WoRMS	843130

To World Register of Marine Species

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