Conus felix
| Conus felix | |
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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. felix
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus felix Fenzan, 2012
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus felix is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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 varies between 25 mm and 35 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus felix. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599351 on 2015-09-19
- Fenzan W.J. (2012) A new species of Conus from South Africa (Gastropoda: Conidae). Acta Conchyliorum 11: 11-15
- 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
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Plicaustraconus felix
- Holotype in MNHN, Paris
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