Biology:Conus madecassinus
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Short description: Species of sea snail
| Conus madecassinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Gastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Caenogastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Neogastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Conoidea |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Conidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Conus |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">C. madecassinus |
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| Conus madecassinus (Bozzetti, 2012)
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Conus madecassinus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell attains 32 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Southern and Southwestern Madagascar .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus madecassinus (Bozzetti, 2012). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723088 on 2015-06-04
- Bozzetti L. (2012) Two new species of Conidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Southern and South-Western Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 74: 4-6
External links
- "Graphiconus madecassina" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_68806.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q20081233 entry
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