Conus humerosus

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

Conus humerosus
Drawing of a shell of Conus humerosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. humerosus
Binomial name
Conus humerosus Pilsbry, 1921
Synonyms[1]
† Conus (Spuriconus) humerosus Pilsbry, 1921 · accepted, alternate representation † Conus proteus humerosus Pilsbry, 1921 (original rank)

Description

The size of the shell attains 65 mm.

Distribution

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

Conus humerosus; Correspondence between oxidation of the shell, fluorescence under UV light, and effects of digitally reversing the image of the fluorescing shell using photoediting software