Conus boschorum 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 Pseudolilliconus boschorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Pseudolilliconus |
| Species: | P. boschorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudolilliconus boschorum (Moolenbeek & Coomans, 1993)
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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 4 mm and 13 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Masirah Island, Oman.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pseudolilliconus boschorum (Moolenbeek & Coomans, 1993). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574728 on 2020-09-08
- 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
edit- The Conus Biodiversity website
- "Pseudolilliconus boschorum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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