Conus byssinus, common name the lesser butterfly cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Conus byssinus (Röding, P.F., 1798) | |
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. byssinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus byssinus (Röding, 1798)
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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
editThe size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Western Sahara.
References
edit- ^ a b Conus byssinus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- 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
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Media related to Conus byssinus at Wikimedia Commons- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Kalloconus pulcher byssinus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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