Conus condei

Conus condei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. condei
Binomial name
*Conus condei* (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014)
Synonyms^[1]
Africonus condei Afonso & Tenorio, 2014 (original combination) Conus (Lautoconus) condei (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014) · accepted, alternate representation

Conus condei 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. me.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands.

References

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus condei. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759962 on 2015-08-31

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

External identifiers for Conus condei
WoRMS	759962

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