Conus vanvilstereni
| Conus vanvilstereni | |
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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. vanvilstereni
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus vanvilstereni (Moolenbeek & Zandbergen, 2013)
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Conus vanvilstereni 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 occurs in the Sulu Sea, Philippines
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus vanvilstereni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746880 on 2015-12-18
Bibliography
[edit]- Robert Moolenbeek and Arnold Zandbergen, Kioconus vanvilstereni, a new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Conidae); Miscellanea Malacologia 6(3)
- 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
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Poremskiconus abrolhosensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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