Conus therriaulti
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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. therriaulti
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus therriaulti (Petuch, 2013)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus therriaulti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 attains 43 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatán, Mexico
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus therriaulti (Petuch, 2013). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730551 on 2015-12-11
- Edward J. Petuch (2013), Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks; CRC Press ISBN 9781466579798
- 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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476.
External links
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