Conus hanshassi
| Conus hanshassi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. hanshassi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus hanshassi (Lorenz & Barbier, 2012)
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Conus hanshassi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
[edit]The shell is generally elongated conical to turgid is shape, with an elevated spire and a definite shoulder. The shell has a white ground color and is marked with medium brown splotches and irregular rows of dots or dashes. The holotype is 23.3 mm (0.92 in) in length.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Siargao Island, Philippines, collected at 20 m (66 ft) [2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus hanshassi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723957 on 2015-10-05
- ^ R. Michael Filmer (2001). "Section HI habui to istriensis" (PDF). The Cone Collector. p. 6.
- Puillandre N.; Duda T.F.; Meyer C.; Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). "One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476.
External links
[edit]- "Tenorioconus hanshassi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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