ammonites
Conus (Leptoconus) medialira 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 (Leptoconus) according to H. E. Vokes 1938

Sister taxa: Conus (Leptoconus) amadis, Conus (Leptoconus) bonneti, Conus (Leptoconus) hanza, Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus, Conus (Leptoconus) mompichensis, Conus (Leptoconus) protofurvus, Conus (Leptoconus) quilonensis, Conus (Leptoconus) sanctaemariae, Conus (Leptoconus) tomlini, Conus (Leptoconus) vimineus, Conus (Leptoconus) yuleianus

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 25000, a shell. Its type locality is Springvale (AMNH collection), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell 51.2 x 29.5