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    Conus sewalli

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    Conus sewalli
    Temporal range: Neogene
    Fossil specimens of a shell of Conus sewalli; all images are reversed images photographed under UV light
    Conservation status

    Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Subclass: Caenogastropoda
    Order: Neogastropoda
    Superfamily: Conoidea
    Family: Conidae
    Genus: Conus
    Species:
    †C. sewalli
    Binomial name
    †Conus sewalli
    Maury, 1917
    Synonyms[1]
    • † Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury, 1917 · accepted, alternate representation
    • † Purpuriconus sewalli (Maury), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

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

    Description

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    The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 44 mm.

    Distribution

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    This marine species is only found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

    References

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    1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus sewalli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843150 on 2015-11-26
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