Conus therriaulti
Appearance
Conus therriaulti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. therriaulti
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Binomial name | |
Conus therriaulti (Petuch, 2013)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus therriaulti 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 size of the shell attains 43 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatán, Mexico
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus therriaulti (Petuch, 2013). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730551 on 2015-12-11
- Edward J. Petuch (2013), Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks; CRC Press ISBN 9781466579798
- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links
[edit]- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Lindaconus therriaulti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.