Conus cossignanii

Conus cossignanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. cossignanii
Binomial name
Conus cossignanii
(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus cossignanii Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 (original description)

Conus cossignanii 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.

Distribution

This species ooccurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Maio, Cape Verde

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus cossignanii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815882 on 2015-09-01
External identifiers for Conus cossignanii
WoRMS 815882


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