Conus pelagicus


Conus pelagicus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

Description

The length of this conical shell is 54 mm. It has a rather elevated spire with 12 inclined whorls, some of which are somewhat rounded. The shell is covered with tawny circular spots and a few longitudinal corrugated, marbling streaks.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail has only been found as a fossil in the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene of Europe.