Biology:Conus antonioi
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Short description: Species of sea snail
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. antonioi
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| Conus antonioi (Cossignani, 2014)
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Conus antonioi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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 attains 21 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus antonioi (Cossignani, 2014). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2018.
- ↑ "Africonus antonioi" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_73757.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q20686283 entry
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