Biology:Conus honkerorum
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Short description: Species of sea snail
| Conus honkerorum | |
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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. honkerorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus honkerorum (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
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Conus honkerorum 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 20 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from the southern islands of the Bimini chain to the Bahamas.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus honkerorum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759703 on 2015-10-07
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Gradiconus honkerorum" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_73746.shtml.
- Xenophora taxonomy 3 suppl. 2014-7
Wikidata ☰ Q22286130 entry
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