Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Neogastropoda |
| Family: Conidae |
| Genus: Conus |
| Species: Conus daucus Hwass, 1792 |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Common] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Uncommon] |
Remarks
Common name: Carrot cone.
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
First English Description (from Reeve, 1843, p. 40):
“Shell turbinated, slightly grooved at the base; orange-red, more or less encircled with rows of palish spots and scattered reddish-brown dots; spire depressed, tessellated with arched spots of pale and reddish-brown; apex rose-tinted.
[…] Hab. Seas of America; Lamarck.
This shell is rarely to be met with in good condition; the specimen here figured, kindly lent to me by M. Deshayes, is the best I have seen, though not displaying much variety of character in the painting.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks:
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog.
References: n/a
Online resources:
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on April 24, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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