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

Conus olssoni
Temporal range: Neogene
Several images of Conus olssoni; all image are reversed images photographed under UV light.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. olssoni
Binomial name
Conus olssoni
Maury, 1917
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury, 1917 † · accepted, alternate representation
  • Dauciconus olssoni (Maury), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct species is known in the fossil state from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus olssoni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843132 on 2015-11-11
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