Conus fuscoflavus
| Conus fuscoflavus | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus fuscoflavus Röckel, Rolán, & Monteiro, 1980 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. fuscoflavus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus fuscoflavus Röckel, Rolán, & Monteiro, 1980 [1] | |
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Apertural view of Conus fuscoflavus
Conus fuscoflavus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[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.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.
References
- ↑ Röckel, D., Rolán, E., and Monteiro, A., 1980. Cone shells from Cape Verde Islands. A difficult puzzle: 1 -156
- 1 2 Conus fuscoflavus Röckel, Rolán, & Monteiro, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 July 2011.
- 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. 4 September 2009 Edition
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp\
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Gastropods.com: Africonus fuscoflavus; accessed 23 July 2011
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
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