Conus vezoi
Conus vezoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus vezoi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. vezoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs off Madagascar
References
- Notes
- MolluscaBase (2018). Conus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054872 on 2018-03-24
- Sources
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Bozzetti L. (2013) Darioconus pennaceus pseudoecho (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) new subspecies from southern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 9-10
- Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24
- Monnier E., Tenorio M.J., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar “Deep South”: composition, endemism and new taxa. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 25-75
- Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24.
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