Conus echinophilus

Conus echinophilus
Conus echinophilus
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. echinophilus
Binomial name
Conus echinophilus
(Petuch, 1975)
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus echinophilus Petuch, 1975
  • Lautoconus echinophilus (Petuch, 1975) (alternate representation)

Conus echinophilus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2][3]

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

This species if found off Senegal, in Africa.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Conus echinophilus (Petuch, 1975).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224286 on 27 March 2010.
  2. ^ Lautoconus echinophilus (Petuch, 1975).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574769 on 2 July 2011.
  3. ^ Recognized in Lautoconus and not as Africonus in: Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  4. ^ Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

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