Conus multiliratus

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

Conus multiliratus
Several specimens of Conus multiliratus; all images are reversed image of specimens photographed under UV light.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. multiliratus
Binomial name
Conus multiliratus Böse, 1906
Synonyms[1]
† Conus (Dauciconus) multiliratus Böse, 1906 · accepted, alternate representation † Conus agassizii multiliratus Böse, 1906 (original rank) † Conus gaza Johnson & Pilsbry, 1911 † Conasprelloides multiliratus (Böse), Tucker and Tenorio, 2009

Description

The size of the shell varies between 16.7 mm and 20.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is found as a fossil from the Middle Miocene and Tertiary in Mexico, Panama and Colombia; in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.