Conus virgo

Conus virgo
Virgiconus virgo
Abapertural (left) and apertural (right) views of the shell of Virgiconus virgo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Subfamily: Coninae
Genus: Virgiconus
Species: V. virgo
Binomial name
Virgiconus virgo
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus flavocinctus Link, 1807
  • Conus virgo var. alba Spalowsky, 1795
  • Virgiconus virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) (alternate representation)

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

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 virgo Linnaeus, 1758.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215569 on 27 March 2010.

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