Conus wandae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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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. wandae
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus wandae (Cossignani, 2014)
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 33 mm. It is the morphotype of Africonus borgesi var. ervatao Tenorio, M.J., C.M.L. Afonso, R.L. Cunha & E.M. Rolán, 2014.[citation needed]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Conus wandae (Cossignani, 2014). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Conus (Africonus) wandae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Cossignani (2014), Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 82: 22-23
- 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.
External links
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