Conus tarava
| Conus tarava | |
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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. tarava |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus tarava Rabiller & Richard, 2014 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus (Profundiconus) tarava Rabiller & Richard, 2014 accepted, alternate designation | |
Conus tarava 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 28.8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off French Polynesia.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus tarava. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819287 on 2015-12-09
- Rabiller M. & Richard G. (2014). Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 5: 25-49 page(s): 39, pl. 6, figs 1-5, 8-13
External links
| External identifiers for Conus tarava | |
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| WoRMS | 819287 |
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