Conus gilvus
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Conus gilvus | |
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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. gilvus
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Binomial name | |
Conus gilvus Reeve, 1849
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus gilvus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
The epithet "gilvus" is a Latin word meaning "pale yellow".
Description
The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 38 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and off Indonesia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus gilvus Reeve, 1849. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429584 on 2015-09-24
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- 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
External links
External identifiers for Conus gilvus | |
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WoRMS | 429584 |
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