Conus edwardpauli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus edwardpauli | |
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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. edwardpauli
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus edwardpauli Petuch, 1998
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 26 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Costa Rica to Colombia
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus edwardpauli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429051 on 2015-09-17
- Petuch E. (2013) Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press. 252 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
edit- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Poremskiconus edwardpauli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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