Conus evansi
Species of sea snail
| Conus evansi | |
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| Shell of Conus evansi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. evansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus evansi Bondarev, 2001 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Conus evansi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell attains 41 mm.
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Red Sea.
References
- ^ Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus evansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192756A2156568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192756A2156568.en. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus evansi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429597 on 2015-09-18
- Bondarev, I., 2001. Description of a new cone species (Conus evansi) from the Red Sea, Dahlak (Gastropoda, Conidae). La Conchiglia 299: 25–26, 61
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus evansi.
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Graphiconus evansi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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