Conus taitensis
Appearance
Conus taitensis | |
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Shell of Conus taitensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. taitensis
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Binomial name | |
Conus taitensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus taitensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the South Pacific off the Marquesas Islands
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus taitensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428904 on 2018-12-28
- ^ Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. Pp. 1-344 [June 1789]; 345-758 [13 Feb. 1792; dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207].
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
External links
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