Biology:Conus hamanni
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Short description: Species of sea snail
| Conus hamanni | |
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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. hamanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986
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Conus hamanni 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 18 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986, Conus hammani, spec.nov. from the red Sea (Gastropoda, Conidae); Bull. Malac. Rep. China 12:1–4
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- 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
- "Leptoconus hamanni" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_5050.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q1608040 entry
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