Biology:Conus malabaricus
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Short description: Species of sea snail
| Conus malabaricus | |
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| Shell of Conus malabaricus (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
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. malabaricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus malabaricus (Monnier, Limpalaër & Tenorio, 2017)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus malabaricus 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 length of the shell attains 55 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Kerala, India and off Sri Lanka.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Conus malabaricus (Monnier, Limpalaër & Tenorio, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934440 on 2018-03-22
- Monnier E., Limpalaër L. & Tenorio M.J. (2017). Virgiconus malabaricus (Gastropoda, Conidae), a new cone snail from Southern India, with taxonomic notes on related species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 22-28
External links
- "Virgiconus malabaricus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_78896.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q54983974 entry
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