Conus stanfieldi 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 of marine mollusk, 'conesnail', in the family Conidae | |
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. stanfieldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus stanfieldi Petuch, 1998
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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 33 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2015) |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Bahamas.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus stanfieldi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429053 on 2015-12-01
- Petuch, E. J. 1993b. Molluscan Discoveries from the tropical western Atlantic region. Part II. A new species of Leporiconus Iredale, 1930 from the San Blas Islands, Panama. La Conchiglia 25(266):57-59, 5 figs.
- 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
- "Purpuriconus jucundus stanfieldi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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