Conus vanvilstereni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus vanvilstereni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. vanvilstereni
Binomial name
Conus vanvilstereni
(Moolenbeek & Zandbergen, 2013)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Splinoconus) vanvilstereni (Moolenbeek & Zandbergen, 2013) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Kioconus vanvilstereni Moolenbeek & Zandbergen, 2013

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

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The size of the shell attains 43 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Sulu Sea, Philippines

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus vanvilstereni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746880 on 2015-12-18

Bibliography

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  • Robert Moolenbeek and Arnold Zandbergen, Kioconus vanvilstereni, a new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Conidae); Miscellanea Malacologia 6(3)
  • 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
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