Biology:Profundiconus kanakinus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus kanakinus Richard, G., 1983 | |
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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: | Profundiconus |
| Species: | P. kanakinus
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| Profundiconus kanakinus (Richard, 1983)
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Profundiconus kanakinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[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 varies between 11 mm and 21 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus kanakinus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751667 on 2015-10-13
- Richard, G., 1983. Two new species of Conus from New Caledonia: Conus boucheti sp. nov. and Conus kanakinus sp. nov. (Neogastropoda: Conidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 6(1–2): 53–58
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- 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
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Phasmoconus kanakinus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_5055.shtml.
- Holotype in MNHN, Paris
Wikidata ☰ Q1309288 entry
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