| Conus miamiensis Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Extinct (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | †C. miamiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Conus miamiensis Petuch, 1986 | |
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Conus miamiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. The species was exclusive to southern Florida.
This species is the type taxon of the fossil genus † Tequestaconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015
Description
The shell attains a length of 32 mm.
Distribution
This fossil species is known from the Plio-Pleistocene of Florida.
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus miamiensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847919 on 2015-11-01
- E.J. Petuch (1986), The Pliocene Reefs of Miami: Their Geomorphological Significance in the Evolution of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, Southeastern Florida, U.S.A.; Journal of Coastal Research Vol. 2, No. 4 (Autumn, 1986), pp. 391-408
- Hendricks JR. The Genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Southeastern United States. Bull Am Paleontol. 2009;375: 1–180
External links
- World Register of Marine Species
- The Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life in the Southeastern United States
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| Conus miamiensis | |
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