Biology:Conus antoniaensis
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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. antoniaensis
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| Conus antoniaensis (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)
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Conus antoniaensis 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 11 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Conus antoniaensis (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2018.
- Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2014). Quattro nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 83: 14-19
- Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2018). Quattro nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 98: 14-20.
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Africonus antoniaensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_75309.shtml.
- Manuel J. Tenorio, Samuel Abalde, José R. Pardos-Blas, Rafael Zardoya - Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation; European Journal of Taxonomy 663: 1–89 (2020)
Wikidata ☰ Q20686282 entry
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