Hemiconus peraratus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
The variety Hemiconus peraratus var. gouetensis <small>Cossmann, 1897</small> â accepted as Hemiconus gouetensis <small>Cossmann, 1897</small> â (original rank)
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in France.
References
- Cossmann, M. "Mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-inférieure. Tome 1, fasc. 2." Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles de lâÂÂOuest de la France 6.4 (1897): 180âÂÂ246.
- Tracey S., Craig B., Belliard L. & Gain O. (2017). One, four or forty species? - early Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) that led to a radiation and biodiversity peak in the late Lutetian Eocene of the Cotentin, NW France. Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. 3: 1-38.