Conus echo
Appearance
Conus echo | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. echo
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Binomial name | |
Conus echo Lauer, 1989
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Conus echo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 69 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.
References
[edit]- ^ Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus echo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192450A2097402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192450A2097402.en. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus echo. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751875 on 2015-09-15
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- 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
[edit]- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Darioconus echo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.