Biology:Conus tagaroae
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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. tagaroae
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus tagaroae (Limpalaër & Monnier, 2013)
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Conus tagaroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 40 mm and 84 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus tagaroae (Limpalaër & Monnier, 2013). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723017 on 2015-12-09
- L. Limpalaër & E. Monnier (2013): Cylinder tagaroae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a Valid Name for a Long Time Known Species from the Philippines - Visaya Vol. 4 n°1
- 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
- "Cylinder tagaroae" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_70856.shtml.
- Holotype in MNHN, Paris
Wikidata ☰ Q22286451 entry
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