Conus mulderi
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Conus mulderi | |
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Two views of a shell of Conus mulderi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. mulderi
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Binomial name | |
Conus mulderi Fulton, 1936
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus mulderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2][3]
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 25 mm and 52 mm .
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Conus mulderi Fulton, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429910 on 2012-01-21
- ^ Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- ^ Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae). Part II: The Conus stramineus complex. Visaya 3(4): 4-66. (November 2011)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus mulderi.
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Asprella mulderi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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