Conus cordigera
| Conus cordigera | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus cordigera Sowerby, G.B. II, 1866 | |
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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. cordigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus cordigera G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 | |
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Conus cordigera 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.
Conus cordigera Sowerby, G.B. II, 1866
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 72 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Eastern Indonesia
References
- 1 2 Conus cordigera G. B. Sowerby II, 1866. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
- 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
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- gastropods.com: Eugeniconus cordigera
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