Conus tenorioi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
Conus tenorioi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. tenorioi
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Binomial name | |
Conus tenorioi (Monnier, Monteiro & Limpalaër, 2016)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species of cone snail occurs off in the Red Sea
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus tenorioi (Monnier, Monteiro & Limpalaër, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867358 on 2018-03-24
- Monnier E., Monteiro A. & Limpalaër L. (2016). Phasmoconus (Phasmoconus) tenorioi (Gastropoda: Conidae), a new species from the Red Sea. Xenophora Taxonomy. 10: 14-24