Conus tourosensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
Conus tourosensis | |
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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. tourosensis
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Binomial name | |
Conus tourosensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Poremskiconus tourosensis Petuch & Berschauer, 2018 (original combination) |
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 the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Conus tourosensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2018). Ten new cone shells from Indonesia, the Marquesas Islands, Brazil, and Pacific Panama. The Festivus. 50(1): 17–35.