Conus levistimpsoni
Species of sea snail
| Conus levistimpsoni | |
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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. levistimpsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus levistimpsoni (Tucker, 2013) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus levistimpsoni 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 attains 34 mm.
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs off Florida.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus levistimpsoni (Tucker, 2013). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723800 on 2015-06-23
- 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
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Conasprelloides levistimpsoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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