Conus antoniaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Conus antoniaensis (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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
edit- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Africonus antoniaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- 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)
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