Conus gonsalensis
Conus gonsalensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. gonsalensis |
Binomial name | |
Conus gonsalensis (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus gonsalensis 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 attains 11 mm.
Distribution
This marine species in the Atlantic Ocean off Maio Island, the Cape Verdes.
Other
Conus gonsalensis has no relation of the name to another cone snail, Conus gonsaloi as this one is named after where it was first founded, Praia Gonçalo.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus gonsalensis (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816981 on 2015-10-02
- Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2014). Cinque nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 84: 21- 27 page(s): 25
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