Conus flamingo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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| Shell and protoconch of Conus flamingo (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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. flamingo
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| Conus flamingo Petuch, 1980
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 16 and 27 mm (0.63 and 1.06 in).
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Distribution
editLocus typicus: Off Dania, Broward County, Florida, USA.[2]
This marine species of cone snail occurs off Eastern Florida at a depth of 46 m (151 ft).
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus flamingo. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429362 on 2015-09-20
- ^ Dink, D.L.N., 1984 -La Conchiglia XVI, The Conidae of the Western Atlantic -Part 1, page 22.
- Petuch, E. J. 1980a. A new species of Conus from southeastern Florida (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(20:299-302, 1 fig
- 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
- Gastropods.com: Gradiconus flavescens flamingo (var.)
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