''Tequestaconus'' is an extinct
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Conidae
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.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Tequestaconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847918 on 2018-12-26]
Species
References
* Petuch E.J., Drolshagen M. & Herndl G. (2015). Cone shells of the Okeechobean Sea (Pliocene, Pleistocene). Harxheim: Conchbooks. 179 pp.
Conidae
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