Conus franklinae
Shells of Conus franklinae under normal and under UV-light
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	†C. franklinae
Binomial name
†Conus franklinae Hendricks, 2015
Synonyms[1]
† Conus (Atlanticonus) franklinae Hendricks, 2015 · accepted, alternate representation

Conus franklinae is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

The size of the shell attains 32.7 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2015)

This marine species of cone snail has only been found as a fossil in the Neogene of the Dominican Republic.

• Hendricks J.R. (2015). Glowing seashells: diversity of fossilized coloration patterns on coral reef-associated cone snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0120924

• To World Register of Marine Species

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