Conus (Pyruconus) haytensis Sowerby 1850 (cone shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Synonyms: Conus (Dendroconus) haytensis Sowerby 1849, Conus (Lithoconus) druidi Olsson 1967, Conus (Lithoconus) haytensis Sowerby 1849, Conus druidi Olsson 1967, Conus haitensis Sowerby 1849, Conus haytensis Sowerby 1849, Lithoconus druidi Olsson 1967, Pyruconus haytensis Sowerby 1849

Belongs to Conus (Pyruconus) according to Sowerby 1850

See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Hendricks 2008, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Maury 1917, Olsson 1967 and Petuch 2004

Sister taxa: Conus (Pyruconus) planitectum, Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus

Subtaxa: Conus haytensis gurabensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5 collections), United States (2: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Haiti (2)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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