Conus indomaris
Appearance
Conus indomaris | |
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Shell of Conus indomaris (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. indomaris
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Binomial name | |
Conus indomaris (Bozzetti, 2014)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus indomaris 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
[edit]The size of the shell attains 45 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species in the Central Indian Ocean and off Southwest India.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus indomaris. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827840 on 2015-10-12
- Bozzetti L. (2014). Graphiconus indomaris (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae: Puncticuliinae) a new species from Central Indian Ocean. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 85: 12-13
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus indomaris.
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Graphiconus indomaris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.