Conus borgesi
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus borgesi Trovão, 1979 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. borgesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus borgesi Trovão, 1979 | |
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Conus borgesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes
References
- 1 2 Conus borgesi Trovão, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
- 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
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus borgesi. |
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=289022&lvl=0
- http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Africonus borgesi
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