genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
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family
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Conidae
Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea.
The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...
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cone snails
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.
A cone is formed by a set of line segments, half-lines, or lines co ...
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This genus is known in the fossil record from the
Lutetian
The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage or age in the Eocene. It spans the time between . The Lutetian is preceded by the Ypresian and is followed by the Bartonian. Together with the Bartonian it is sometimes referred to as the Midd ...
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Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...
) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the
Piacenzian
The Piacenzian is in the international geologic time scale the upper stage (stratigraphy), stage or latest age (geology), age of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 3.6 ± 0.005 year#SI prefix multipliers, Ma and 2.588 ± 0.005 Ma (million yea ...
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Pliocene
The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Fossilworks /ref>
''Conolithus'' (Hermannsen, 1846) is an "invalid emendation" of ''Conilithes'' (Swainson, 1840), in the terminology introduced in the Copenhagen Decisions on Zoological Nomenclature (London, 1953: 43). ''Conilithes'' Swainson (spelled ''Conolithes'' by Wenz) is a junior homonym of ''Conilites'' (Schloth, 1820) (spelled ''Conolites'' by Wenz)
Conilithes antidiluvianus
''Conilithes antidiluvianus'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage o ...
'' (Bruguiére, 1792)
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Conilithes aquitanicus
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
'' (Mayer, 1858)
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Conilithes asyli
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
'' (De Gregorio, 1880)Catalogo aggiornato dei molluschi fossili eocenici di San Giovanni Ilarione (Verona - Italia settentrionale). Prima parte: Mollusca, Gastropoda. /ref>
* † '' Conilithes brezinae'' (Hoernes & Auinger, 1879)
* † '' Conilithes brockenensis'' (Vella, 1954)
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Conilithes brocchii
''Conilithes brocchii'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or othe ...
Conilithes dujardini
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
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Conilithes dujardini egerensis
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
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Conilithes dujardini sallomacensis
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
'' (Peyrot, 1930)
* † '' Conilithes eichwaldi'' (Harzhauser & Landau, 2016)Mathias Harzhauser, Bernard Landau "A revision of the Neogene Conidae and Conorbidae (Gastropoda) of the Paratethys Sea" /ref>
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Conilithes exaltatus
''Conilithes exaltatus'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
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Conilithes fracta
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
Conilithes parisiensis
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
'' (Deshayes, 1865)
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Conilithes pendulus pusillanimis
''Conilithes'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Lutetian (Eocene) of France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand to the P ...
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Conilithes rivertonensis
''Conilithes rivertonensis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or ...