Conus acutangulus

Conus acutangulus
Conus acutangulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Subfamily: Coninae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. acutangulus
Binomial name
Conus acutangulus
Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms[1]

Conus gemmulatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
Conus turriculatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1866

Conus acutangulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

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.

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Conus acutangulus Lamarck, 1810.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215510 on 20 March 2010.

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