Conus fumigatus

Conus fumigatus
Conus fumigatus
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. fumigatus
Binomial name
Conus fumigatus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]

Conus blainvillei Kiener, 1845
Conus cuneatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1873
Conus excavatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
Conus henoquei Bernardi, 1860
Conus luctificus Reeve, 1848
Conus pazii Bernardi, 1857
Conus richardi Fenaux, 1942

Conus fumigatus 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.

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Conus fumigatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181089 on 27 March 2010.

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