Conus sydneyensis

Conus sydneyensis
Conus sydneyensis
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. sydneyensis
Binomial name
Conus sydneyensis
G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
Synonyms[1]

Leptoconus illawarra Garrard, 1961

Conus sydneyensis 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 not be handled at all, except by qualified federal animal control personnel.

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Conus sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428378 on 27 March 2010.

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