Conus flamingo
Conus flamingo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus flamingo | |
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| Shell and protoconch of Conus flamingo (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. flamingo |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus flamingo Petuch, 1980 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs off Eastern Florida at a depth of 46 m.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus flamingo. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429362 on 2015-09-20
- Petuch, E. J. 1980a. A new species of Conus from southeastern Florida (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(20:299-302, 1 fig
- 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
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Gradiconus flavescens flamingo (var.)
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