Conus carlottae

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

Conus carlottae
Several images of Conus carlottae; the colored images are reversed images of specimens photographed under UV light.
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	†C. carlottae
Binomial name
†Conus carlottae Hendricks, 2015
Synonyms[1]
† Conus (Lautoconus) carlottae Hendricks, 2015 · accepted, alternate representation

Description

The shell of Conus carlottae attains a size of 40 mm. Under ultraviolet light, fossil specimens reveal a unique pattern of large polka dots, a coloration pattern that appears to be extinct among modern cone snails.^[2][3]

Distribution

This species is only known from fossils found in Neogene deposits of the Cibao Valley, northern Dominican Republic, specifically from the upper Miocene Cercado Formation and lower Pliocene Gurabo Formation, dating from approximately 6.6 to 4.8 million years ago.^[2]