Conus pseudocuneolus

Conus pseudocuneolus
Conus pseudocuneolus
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. pseudocuneolus
Binomial name
Conus pseudocuneolus
Röckel, Rolán, & Monteiro, 1980

Conus pseudocuneolus 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

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along the Cape Verde islands.

References

  1. ^ Conus pseudocuneolus Röckel, Rolán, & Monteiro, 1980.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225019  on 8 April 2011.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • Afonso C.M.L. & Tenorio M.J. (2004) Conus cuneolus Reeve, 1843 and related species in Sal Island, Cape Verde Archipelago (Gastropoda, Conidae). Visaya 1(1): 31-43
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition

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