Conus verdensis

Conus verdensis
Conus verdensis
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. verdensis
Binomial name
Conus verdensis
Trovão, 1979
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus verdensis (Trovão, 1979) (alternate representation)
  • Conus verdensis verdensis Trovão, 1979

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

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.

The subspecies Conus verdensis furnae Rolán, 1990 has been raised to the status of species as Conus furnae Rolán, 1990.[3][4]

Contents

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Conus verdensis Trovão, 1979.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225085 on 29 October 2011.
  2. ^ See image at Gastropods.com http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_8215.shtml
  3. ^ Conus furnae Rolán, 1990.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585053 on 28 October 2011.
  4. ^ See image at Gastropods.com http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_27266.shtml
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

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