Conus sogodensis 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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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. sogodensis
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| Conus sogodensis (Poppe, Monnier & Tagaro, 2012)
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 44 mm and 62 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus sogodensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723954 on 2015-11-29
- Poppe, G. T., Monnier, E., Tagaro, S. P. (2012), New Conidae from the Central Philippines. - Visaya vol. 3(5)
- 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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