Conus diminutus
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus diminutus Trovão, H. & E.M. Rolan, 1986 | |
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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. diminutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus diminutus Trovão & Rolán, 1986 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus diminutus Trovão, H. & E.M. Rolan, 1986, showing variation in the species.
Conus diminutus 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 9 mm and 22 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.
References
- 1 2 Conus diminutus Trovão & Rolán, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Trovão, H. and Rolán, E. 1986. Description of a new species for the genus Conus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Cape Verde Islands. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 7:9-15, 2 figs.
- 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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