Biology:Conus wandae
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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. wandae
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus wandae (Cossignani, 2014)
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Conus wandae 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 20 mm and 33 mm. It is the morphotype of Africonus borgesi var. ervatao Tenorio, M.J., C.M.L. Afonso, R.L. Cunha & E.M. Rolán, 2014.[citation needed]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus wandae (Cossignani, 2014). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- ↑ "Conus (Africonus) wandae" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_73764.shtml.
- Cossignani (2014), Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 82: 22-23
- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMID 26300576.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q22286501 entry
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