Conasprella kohni
| Conasprella kohni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conasprella |
| Species: | C. kohni |
| Binomial name | |
| Conasprella kohni (McLean & Nybakken, 1979) [2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Conasprella kohni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, known as the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[3]
Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
the shell grows to a length of 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
References
- ↑ Finet, Y. 1996. Conus kohni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ McLean, J. H., and Nybakken, J. W., 1979. On the Growth Stages of Conus fergusoni Sowerby, 1873, the Reinstatement of Conus xanthicus Dall, I910, and a New Species of Conus from the Galapagos Islands. The Veliger, 22 (2 ): 135 -144
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella kohni (McLean & Nybakken, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835900 on 2015-03-21
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
- 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
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