Biology:Conus scalarispira
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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. scalarispira
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus scalarispira (Bozzetti, 2012)
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Conus scalarispira 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 varies between 9 mm and 11 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs of Southern Madagascar .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus scalarispira. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723959 on 2015-11-25
- Luigi Bozzetti, Pseudolilliconus scalarispira n.sp.; Malacologia Mostra Mondiale vol. 76 July 2012
- 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
- "Pseudolilliconus scalarispira" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_10051.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q22286411 entry
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