Conus sukhadwalai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus sukhadwalai Rockel, D. & A.J. da Motta, 1983 | |
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. sukhadwalai
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| Conus sukhadwalai Röckel & da Motta, 1983
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Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 37 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Southern India.
References
edit- ^ a b Conus sukhadwalai Röckel & da Motta, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Röckel, D., and da Motta, A. J., 1983. Eine neue Conus-Art aus der Umgebung von Madras (Süd-Indien). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 114(1/3): 1 -5 .
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus sukhadwalai.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Stellaconus sukhadwalai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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