Conilithes huttoni
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| fossil_range = Altonian[https://books.google.com/books?id=u5w66N_YKxwC&dq=Conus+huttoni&pg=PA42 New Zealand Journal, Volume 5]
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| taxon = Conilithes huttoni
| authority = (Tate, 1890)
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- † Conus huttoni Tate, 1890 (superseded combination)
- † Conus trailli F. W. Hutton, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus traillii A. Adams, 1855; C. huttoni is a replacement name)
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Conilithes huttoni is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.{{WRMS species|1673132 |Conilithes huttoni (Tate, 1890) |8 December 2024}}
Description
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Distribution
This marine species occurs as a fossil in the Early Miocene off New Zealand, where it occurs in Altonian-aged marine strata, comparable in age to the Aquitanian stage.
References
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- Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington. xvi + 48 pp.
- Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 417
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Tate |first1=R. |title=The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia - Part 3. |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia |date=1890 |volume=14 |issue=2 |page=198 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26248902}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Maxwell |first1=P.A. |title=Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca, with descriptions of new taxa |journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology |date=1978 |volume=5 |page=40 |doi=10.1080/03014223.1978.10423743 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5w66N_YKxwC&pg=PA15}}
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831757 To World Register of Marine Species]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1890
Category:Extinct animals of New Zealand
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