Biology:Conus diegoi

Short description: Species of sea snail

Conus diegoi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. diegoi
Binomial name
Conus diegoi (Cossignani, 2014)
Synonyms
Africonus diegoi Cossignani, 2014 (original combination) Conus (Lautoconus) diegoi (Cossignani, 2014) · accepted, alternate representation

Conus diegoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde.

References

• 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

• To World Register of Marine Species
• "Africonus diegoi" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_73760.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q22286011 entry