Conus paulkersteni
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Conus paulkersteni | |
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Shells of Conus paulkersteni (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. paulkersteni
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Binomial name | |
Conus paulkersteni Petuch, 1988
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus paulkersteni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Vietnam.
Description
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (March 2018) |
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus paulkersteni.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus paulkersteni Thach, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042929 on 2018-03-15
- Thach N.N. (2017). New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails. 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp. page(s): 27, figs 287–293
- Thach N.N. (2017). Three new species of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Gastropda: Camaenidae) from Vietnam, and Presentation of Conus (Rhizoconus) paulkersteni, nom. nov. pro Conus kersteni Thach, 2017 non-Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008. The Festivus. 49(4): 296–300.
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