- Conus zandbergeni
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Conus zandbergeni Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Subfamily: Coninae Genus: Conus Species: C. zandbergeni Binomial name Conus zandbergeni
Filmer & Moolenbeek, 2010Conus zandbergeni 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.
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Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and is found in the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands.
References
- ^ Conus zandbergeni Filmer & Moolenbeek, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567139 on 27 March 2010.
- ^ Filmer R.M. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2010) A well known cone mascarading as Conus broderipii Reeve, 1844 is now named Conus zandbergeni n. sp. (Gastropoda: Conidae). Miscellanea Malacologica 4(5): 75-80. [Published 30 December 2010]
External links
- Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae) - Part I. Visaya 3(2): 23-85. [July 2011]
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- See image at Gastropods.com http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_67296.shtml
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