Pyruconus hayesi Arnold 1909 (cone shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Alternative combinations: Conus (Lithoconus) hayesi, Conus hayesi

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1909. Paleontology of the Coalinga District, Fresno and Kings Counties, California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 396:1-173

Belongs to Pyruconus according to C. J. Stadum and K. L. Finger 2016

See also Addicott 1970 and Arnold 1909

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

Type specimen: USNM 165566

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at SDSNH 4312, Fossil Reef Park (Miocene of California)

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