Conus rouxi
Conus rouxi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus rouxi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. rouxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus rouxi (Monnier, Limpalaër & Robin, 2013) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 32 mm and 53 mm.
Distribution
This marine species off Northwest Australia.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus rouxi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742457 on 2015-11-22
- Eric Monnier, Loïc Limpalaër & Alain Robin (2013), Description of three new species: P. koukae n. sp. from Oman, P. arafurensis n. sp. from Northern Australia and P. rouxi n. sp. from Western Australia; Xenophora Taxonomy N° 1 – Supplément au Xenophora n° 144 – Octobre 2013
- 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: 1–23
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Pionoconus rouxi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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