Conus eversoni
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| Shell and protoconch of Conus eversoni (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. eversoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus eversoni Petuch, 1987
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Conus eversoni 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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 18 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 20 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 20 m.[2]
References
- ^ a b Conus eversoni Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
- Petuch, E. J. 1998a. Molluscan discoveries from the tropical western Atlantic region. Part 5. New species of Conus from the Bahamas, Honduran Banks, San Blas Archipelago, and northeastern South America. La Conchiglia 30(287):25–37, 21 figs.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- Rabiller M. & Richard G. (2019). Conidae offshore de Guadeloupe : Description du matériel dragué lors de l'expédition KARUBENTHOS 2 contenant de nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 24: 3–31.
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- "Attenuiconus eversoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- 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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