Conus lecourtorum
| Conus lecourtorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. lecourtorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus lecourtorum (Lorenz, 2011) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus lecourtorum 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.
Description
The size of the shell attains 16 mm.
Distribution
This marine species in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus lecourtorum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723092 on 2015-10-18
- Lorenz F. (2011) A new species of Rolaniconus from the western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda: Conidae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 26: 37-40.
- 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
| External identifiers for Conus lecourtorum | |
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| WoRMS | 723092 |
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