Biology:Conus ariejoostei
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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. ariejoostei
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus ariejoostei (S. G. Veldsman, 2016)
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Conus ariejoostei 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
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail is endemic to South Africa and occurs off the East Coast Province.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Conus ariejoostei (S. G. Veldsman, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=925488 on 2018-03-21
- Veldsman S.G. (2016). Description of four new Sciteconus species (Gastropoda: Conidae): S. ariejoostei nov. sp., S. xhosa nov. sp., S. velliesi nov. sp. & S. nahoonensis nov. sp. from the East Coast Province, South Africa. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 92: 26-35.page(s): 28
External links
- "Sciteconus ariejoostei" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_78891.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q54983889 entry
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