Conus pineaui
Conus pineaui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus pineaui Pin & L. Tack in Pin, 1989 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. pineaui |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus pineaui Pin & Leung Tack, 1995 | |
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Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Senegal.
References
- Conus pineaui Pin & Leung Tack, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Pin M. , 1989. Etudes des canaux anaux des Conidae du Sénégal et de leur importance dans la détermination des espèces. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 14: 49–78
- Pin, M. & Leung Tack, K.D., 1995. A complement for the final description of Conus pineaui n. sp. from the Senegalese coasts. La Conchiglia 276: 45–49
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- 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
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Lautoconus pineaui". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Holotype in MNHN, Paris
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