Conus praelatus, common name the prelate cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]
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| Shell of Conus praelatus (holotype at 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. praelatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Madagascar
- Tanzania
References
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- ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Conus praelatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215504 on 2018-12-28
- ^ Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. Pp. 1-344 [June 1789]; 345-758 [13 Feb. 1792; dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207].
- * Bozzetti L. (2015). Darioconus fortdauphinensis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) new species from south-eastern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 88: 14-15
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