Eoconus sauridens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Eoconus sauridens (Conrad, 1833) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052048 on 2018-12-27
It has one subspecies: † Conus sauridens chiraensis A. A. Olsson, 1930A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1–164
Description The shell of Eoconus sauridens can reach up to 65 mm.
Distribution Fossils of this species were found in Southern USA.
References
Further reading Conrad, Timothy Abbott. "ART. XVII. On some new Fossil and Recent Shells of the United States." American Journal of Science and Arts (1820-1879) 23.2 (1833): 339. W. H. Dall. 1916. A contribution to the invertebrate fauna of the Oligocene beds of Flint, River. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51(2162):487-524 B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126 W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452 J. R. Hendricks and R. W. Portell. 2008. Late Eocene Conus (Neogastropoda: Conidae) from Florida, US. The Nautilus 122(2):79–93