Conus alexandrinus

Conus alexandrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus alexandrinus
Shell and protoconch of Conus alexandrinus (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. alexandrinus
Binomial name
Conus alexandrinus
Kaicher, 1977
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus musivus (Trovão, 1978)
  • Conus (Lautoconus) alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus musivus Trovão, 1975 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus musivum G.B. Sowerby I, 1833; Conus tevesi is a replacement name)
  • Conus tevesi Trovão, 1978
  • Varioconus alexandrinus (Kaicher, 1977)
  • Varioconus tevesi (Trovão, 1978)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 34 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429284 on 2015-06-27
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Africonus musivus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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