''Papilliconus'' is an extinct
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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Conidae
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[MolluscaBase (2018). Papilliconus Tracey & Craig, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052044 on 2018-12-26][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.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Papilliconus'' include:
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Papilliconus papillatus
''Papilliconus papillatus'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not ...
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Tracey & Craig, 2017
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Papilliconus radulfivillensis
''Papilliconus radulfivillensis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, thou ...
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Tracey & Craig, 2017
References
* 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.
Conidae
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