Conus hoaraui
Conus hoaraui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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| Shell of Conus hoaraui (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. hoaraui |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus hoaraui (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015) | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell attains 29.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus hoaraui (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842850 on 2015-10-07
- Monnier E. & Limpalaër L. , 2015. -Revision of the Kioconus caillaudi complex. Description of two new endemic Kioconus (Gastropoda, Conidae): K. hoaraui n. sp., from La Réunion and K. malcolmi n. sp., from the Red Sea. Xenophora Taxonomy 7: 15-26
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Splinoconus hoaraui". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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