Conus africanus

Conus africanus
Conus africanus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. africanus
Binomial name
Conus africanus
Kiener, 1845 [2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Varioconus africanus Kiener, L.C., 1845
  • Conus neoafricanus da Motta, 1991

Conus africanus, common name the African cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [3]

This species has been declared "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List [4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Angola, Africa.

External links

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (1996). Conus africanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. ^ Kiener, L. C., 1845. Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes, 2
  3. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Conus africanus Kiener, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404999 on 2011-07-18
  4. ^ IUCN Red List Conus Africanus
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition


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