Conus wandae
(Redirected from Africonus wandae)
| Conus wandae | |
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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. wandae
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus wandae (Cossignani, 2014)
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Conus wandae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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 varies between 20 mm and 33 mm. It is the morphotype of Africonus borgesi var. ervatao Tenorio, M.J., C.M.L. Afonso, R.L. Cunha & E.M. Rolán, 2014.[citation needed]
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Conus wandae (Cossignani, 2014). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Conus (Africonus) wandae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Cossignani (2014), Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 82: 22-23
- 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
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