Conus xicoi
Topic: Biology
From Handwiki - Reading time: 2 minShort description: Species of sea snail
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus xicoi Röckel, D., 1987 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. xicoi
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| Conus xicoi Röckel, 1987
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Conus xicoi 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 16 mm and 32 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus xicoi Röckel, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Röckel, D. 1987b. Conus xicoi, a new species from Angola (Prosobranchia: Conidae). Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 9: 44–48, 1 fig., 1 pl
- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMID 26300576.
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Varioconus xicoi" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_11600.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q1608544 entry
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