Conus lecourtorum
Conus lecourtorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus lecourtorum | |
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| Shell of Conus lecourtorum (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. lecourtorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus lecourtorum (Lorenz, 2011) | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell attains 16 mm.
Distribution
This marine species in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus lecourtorum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723092 on 2015-10-18
- Lorenz F. (2011) A new species of Rolaniconus from the western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda: Conidae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 26: 37-40.
- 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
- "Rolaniconus lecourtorum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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