Conus zebroides

Conus zebroides
Conus zebroides
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. zebroides
Binomial name
Conus zebroides
Kiener, 1845 [1]
Synonyms

Varioconus zebroides Kiener, L.C., 1845

Conus zebroides is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, known as the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 51 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Angola.

External links

References

  1. ^ Kiener, L. C., 1845. Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes, 2
  • Bouchet, P. 1996. Conus zebroides. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  • 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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