Conus santanaensis
| Conus santanaensis | |
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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. santanaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus santanaensis (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus santanaensis 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.
Description
The size of the shell attains 17 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Maio Island, the Cape Verdes
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus santanaensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759960 on 2015-11-24
- C. M. Afonso & M. J. Tenorio, Recent findings from the Islands of Maio and Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Archipelago: Description of three new Africonus species (Gastropoda: Conidae); Xenophora Taxonomy N° 3 - Supplément au Xenophora n° 146 - April 2014
- 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 santanaensis | |
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| WoRMS | 759960 |
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