Pygmaeconus wallacei

Pygmaeconus wallacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Pygmaeconus wallacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Pygmaeconus
Species:
P. wallacei
Binomial name
Pygmaeconus wallacei
(Lorenz & Morrison, 2004)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Pseudolilliconus) wallacei (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004) ·
  • Conus wallacei (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004)
  • Lilliconus wallacei Lorenz & Morrison, 2004
  • Pseudolilliconus wallacei (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004)

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Pygmaeconus wallacei (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986849 on 2018-02-11
  • 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.
  • Lorenz, F. and Morrison, H. 2004b. The genus Lilliconus G. Raybaudi Massilia (Gastropoda: Conidae) in the Western Pacific, with the description of Lilliconus wallacei sp. nov. Schriften zur Malakozoologie 21:29–34.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.


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