Conus guanahacabibensis

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

Conus guanahacabibensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. guanahacabibensis
Binomial name
Conus guanahacabibensis
Espinosa & Ortea, 2016

This snail is predatory and venomous and is capable of "stinging" humans.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs off Cuba.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Conus guanahacabibensis Espinosa & Ortea, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932599 on 2018-03-22
  • Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2016). Nueva especie del género Conus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Conidae) de la península de Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 28: 209-214.


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