Conus levis
Species of sea snail
Conus levis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. levis |
Binomial name | |
Conus levis (Bozzetti, 2012) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus levis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Southern Madagascar.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus levis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723958 on 2015-10-19
- 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
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Pseudolilliconus levis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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