Conus vappereaui

Conus vappereaui
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. vappereaui
Binomial name
	Conus vappereaui; Monteiro, 2009
Synonyms
	Conus (Phasmoconus) vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 (original combination); Fulgiconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009); Phasmoconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009);

Conus vappereaui 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 varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus vappereaui. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599330 on 2015-12-18

Monteiro A. (2009) A new subspecies of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tahiti. Visaya 2(5): 88-90.
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.

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