Conus indomaris 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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| Shell of Conus indomaris (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
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. indomaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus indomaris (Bozzetti, 2014)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe size of the shell attains 45 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2015) |
Distribution
editThis marine species in the Central Indian Ocean and off Southwest India.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus indomaris. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827840 on 2015-10-12
- Bozzetti L. (2014). Graphiconus indomaris (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae: Puncticuliinae) a new species from Central Indian Ocean. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 85: 12-13
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus indomaris.
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Graphiconus indomaris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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