Conus vezoi

Conus vezoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. vezoi
Binomial name
	Conus vezoi; Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000
Synonyms[1]
	Conus (Darioconus) vezoi (Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000)· accepted, alternate representation; Conus pennaceus pseudoecho'' (Bozzetti, 2013); Conus pennaceus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000 (original rank); Darioconus pennaceus pseudoecho Bozzetti, 2013; Darioconus pennaceus vezoi (Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000); Darioconus vezoi (Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000);

Conus vezoi 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

This marine species of cone snail occurs off Madagascar

MolluscaBase (2018). Conus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054872 on 2018-03-24

Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Bozzetti L. (2013) Darioconus pennaceus pseudoecho (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) new subspecies from southern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 9-10
Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24
Monnier E., Tenorio M.J., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar “Deep South”: composition, endemism and new taxa. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 25-75
Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24.

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