Conus dangdami

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

Conus dangdami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. dangdami
Binomial name
Conus dangdami
Thach, 2017

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Vietnam.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Conus dangdami Thach, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026647 on 2018-03-21
  • Thach N.N. (2017). New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails. 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp. page(s): 27, figs 261-263
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