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 size of the shell varies between 17.6 mm and 25.5 mm.
Distribution
This fossil coral reef-associated species was found in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic
References
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- ^ a b 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