Conus damottai
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus damottai damottai Trovão, 1979 | |
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. damottai
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus damottai Trovão, 1979 [1]
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Conus damottai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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.
There are two subspecies :
- Conus damottai damottai Trovão, 1979
- Conus damottai galeao Rolán, 1990
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde and in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
- ^ Trovão, H. F. M., 1979. Contribuição para o estudo dos Moluscos Gasterópodos da famaia Conidae da África occidental. Amphitrite, 1 (1 ): 3 -12
- ^ a b Conus damottai Trovão, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 July 2011.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition
- 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
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Gastropods.com: Africonus damottai damottai; accessed: 18 July 2011
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
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