Conus hamanni

Conus hamanni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. hamanni
Binomial name
Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986
Synonyms
Conus (Leptoconus) hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986 · accepted, alternate representation Leptoconus hamanni (Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986)

Conus hamanni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea

References

• Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986, Conus hammani, spec.nov. from the red Sea (Gastropoda, Conidae); Bull. Malac. Rep. China 12:1–4
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
• 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

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• "Leptoconus hamanni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.