Conus patglicksteinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus patglicksteinae | |
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| Shell and protoconch of Conus patglicksteinae (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. patglicksteinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus patglicksteinae Petuch, 1987
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe length of the holotype is 25.55 mm.
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Distribution
editLocus typicus: "(Trawled from) 400 feet depth off Palm Beach Island,
Palm Beach County, Florida, USA."[2]
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida at a depth of 122 m.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus patglicksteinae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716251 on 2015-11-14
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 30. Publ: CERF
- Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 30, plate 5, figure 3-4.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- 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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