''Conasprella berwerthi'' is an extinct

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the family

Conidae Conidae, with the current common name of " cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, group ...

, the

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and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Conasprella berwerthi (Hoernes & Auinger, 1879) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=990971 on 2018-12-27

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in

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References

External links

Harzhauser M. & Landau B. (2016). ''A revision of the Neogene Conidae and Conorbidae (Gastropoda) of the Paratethys Sea''. Zootaxa. 4210(1): 1-178
berwerthi Gastropods described in 1879 {{Conidae-stub