Conus tourosensis

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

Conus tourosensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. tourosensis
Binomial name
Conus tourosensis
(Petuch & Berschauer, 2018)
Synonyms[1]

Poremskiconus tourosensis Petuch & Berschauer, 2018 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.[1]

References

  • Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2018). Ten new cone shells from Indonesia, the Marquesas Islands, Brazil, and Pacific Panama. The Festivus. 50(1): 17-35.


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