Conus maioensis
| Conus maioensis | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus maioensis" Trovão, H., E.M.Rolán & Feliz-Alves, 1990 | |
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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. maioensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus maioensis Tenorio, Afonso, & Rolán, 2008 | |
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Conus maioensis 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 15 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes. Being an insular endemic, and living only in a small area (Baía do Navio Quebrado, North of Maio), this species is at high risk of extinction.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Conus maioensis Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Trovão, H., Rolán, E. and Félix-Alves, I. A. V. 1990. A new species of Conus from the Cabo Verde Archipelago, West Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae). Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 15:69-78, 11 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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