Conus pelagicus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Brocchi, G., 1814. Conchiologia Fossile Subapennina, con Osservazioni Geologiche sugli Apennini e suolo adiacente, 2: 241 -712
Description The length of this conical shell is 54 mm. It has a rather elevated spire with 12 inclined whorls, some of which are somewhat rounded. The shell is covered with tawny circular spots and a few longitudinal corrugated, marbling streaks. Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles (1818)
Distribution This marine species of cone snail has only been found as a fossil in the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene of Europe.
References
1840, Grateloup. Conchyliologie Fossile des Terrains Tertiares du Bassin de, Upper Miocene. 1856, Hoernes. Abh.K.K.Geol.Reichsanstalt 3, Upper Miocene. 1868, Foresti. Catalogo Moll.Foss.Plioc.Coline Bolognesi, Upper Pliocene. 1910, Cerulli-Irelli. Paleont.Ital.16 p. 48(240)ff., Upper Pliocene. 1955, Rossi-Ronchetti. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia Mem.5 pt, Upper Pliocene. 1960, Glibert. Mem.Inst.R.Sci.Nat.Belg.ser.2fasc.64 p. 91ff., Upper Pliocene. 1960, Glibert. Mem.Inst.R.Sci.Nat.Belg.2nd ser., fasc.64 p. 91ff., Upper Pliocene. 1997, Chirli. Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana, 1:7; pl. 1, fig. 17; pl. 2, fig. 1-5., Upper Pliocene. 1997, Chirli. Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana, 1:7; pl. 1, fig. 17; pl. 2, fig. 1-5., Upper Pleistocene.
External links Conus Biodiversity Website: Conus kahiko