Conus pineaui

Conus pineaui
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus pineaui Pin & L. Tack in Pin, 1989
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. pineaui
Binomial name
Conus pineaui Pin & Leung Tack, 1995
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Lautoconus) pineaui Pin & Leung Tack, 1989 · accepted, alternate representation Lautoconus pineaui (Pin & Leung Tack, 1989)

Conus pineaui 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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

• Pin M. , 1989. Etudes des canaux anaux des Conidae du Sénégal et de leur importance dans la détermination des espèces. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 14: 49–78
• Pin, M. & Leung Tack, K.D., 1995. A complement for the final description of Conus pineaui n. sp. from the Senegalese coasts. La Conchiglia 276: 45–49
• 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
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• "Lautoconus pineaui" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_5410.shtml. 
• Holotype in MNHN, Paris

Wikidata ☰ Q1608377 entry

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