Conus (Dendroconus) maga Vokes 1938 (cone shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1938. Upper Miocene Mollusca from Springvale, Trinidad, British West Indies. American Museum Novitates 988:1-28

Belongs to Conus (Dendroconus) according to H. E. Vokes 1938

Sister taxa: Conus (Dendroconus) betulinus, Conus (Dendroconus) figulinus, Conus (Dendroconus) loroisii

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 24999, a shell. Its type locality is Springvale (AMNH collection), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Springvale (AMNH collection)

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