Conus santanaensis
Conus santanaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus santanaensis | |
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| Shell of Conus santanaensis (paratype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. santanaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus santanaensis (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014) | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell attains 17 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Maio Island, Cape Verde.[2]
References
- Conus santanaensis (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- "Africonus santanaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- C. M. Afonso & M. J. Tenorio, Recent findings from the Islands of Maio and Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Archipelago: Description of three new Africonus species (Gastropoda: Conidae); Xenophora Taxonomy N° 3 - Supplément au Xenophora n° 146 - April 2014
- 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
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