Eoconus sauridens

Eoconus sauridens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.[1]

Eoconus sauridens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: †Eoconus
Species:
†E. sauridens
Binomial name
†Eoconus sauridens
(Conrad, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • † Conus alveatus T. A. Conrad, 1865
  • † Conus claibornensis Lea, 1833
  • † Conus cracens R. C. Hoerle, 1976
  • † Conus jacksonensis Meyer, 1885
  • † Conus nocens Garve, 1996
  • † Conus parvus Lea, 1841
  • † Conus sauridens Conrad, 1833 (original combination)
  • † Conus subsauridens T. A. Conrad, 1865
  • † Conus tortilis T. A. Conrad, 1854
  • † Conus sauridens Conrad, 1833
  • † Leptoconus santander Gardner, 1945

One subspecies: † Conus sauridens chiraensis A. A. Olsson, 1930 [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 65 mm

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Eocene strata in Mississippi, Florida and Texas, US; also in Colombia, Panama and Peru.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Eoconus sauridens (Conrad, 1833) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052048 on 2018-12-27
  2. A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1–164
  • Conrad, Timothy Abbott. "ART. XVII. On some new Fossil and Recent Shells of the United States." American Journal of Science and Arts (1820-1879) 23.2 (1833): 339.
  • W. H. Dall. 1916. A contribution to the invertebrate fauna of the Oligocene beds of Flint, River. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51(2162):487-524
  • B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126
  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452
  • J. R. Hendricks and R. W. Portell. 2008. Late Eocene Conus (Neogastropoda: Conidae) from Florida, US. The Nautilus 122(2):79–93


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