Eoconus derelictus is an extinct species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | †Eoconus |
| Species: | †E. derelictus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eoconus derelictus (Deshayes, 1865)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 55 mm
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Distribution
editFossils of this species were found in Paris Basin, northwest France, and were dated back to the late Lutetian period.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Eoconus derelictus (Deshayes, 1865) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052051 on 2018-12-27
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- Tracey S., Craig B., Belliard L. & Gain O. (2017). One, four or forty species? - early Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) that led to a radiation and biodiversity peak in the late Lutetian Eocene of the Cotentin, NW France. Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. 3: 1-38
External links
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