Conus santinii
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
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C. santinii
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| Conus santinii (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2014)
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Conus santinii 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.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 21 mm and 30 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean and is endemic to Fiji.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus santinii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759698 on 2015-11-24
- E. Monnier & L. Limpalaër, Phasmoconus (Fulgiconus) santinii (Gastropoda, Conidae), a new surprising species from the Fiji, Xenophora Taxonomy N° 3 - Supplément au Xenophora n° 146 - April 2014
- 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 santinii | |
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| WoRMS | 759698 |
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