Conus miamiensis

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

This species is the type taxon of the fossil genus † Tequestaconus Petuch & Drolshagen, 2015

Description
The shell attains a length of 32 mm.

Distribution
This fossil species is known from the Plio-Pleistocene of Florida.

References

 E.J. Petuch (1986), The Pliocene Reefs of Miami: Their Geomorphological Significance in the Evolution of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, Southeastern Florida, U.S.A.; Journal of Coastal Research Vol. 2, No. 4 (Autumn, 1986), pp. 391-408
 Hendricks JR. The Genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Southeastern United States. Bull Am Paleontol. 2009;375: 1–180

External links
 World Register of Marine Species
 The Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life in the Southeastern United States

miamiensis