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  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.[2]
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
- "Specimen - Holotype Kioconus hoaraui Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conus hoaraui (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- 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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