Conus alexandrinus

Conus alexandrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus alexandrinus
Shell and protoconch of Conus alexandrinus (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. alexandrinus
Binomial name
Conus alexandrinus
Kaicher, 1977
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus musivus (Trovão, 1978)
  • Conus (Lautoconus) alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus musivus Trovão, 1975 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus musivum G.B. Sowerby I, 1833; Conus tevesi is a replacement name)
  • Conus tevesi Trovão, 1978
  • Varioconus alexandrinus (Kaicher, 1977)
  • Varioconus tevesi (Trovão, 1978)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 34 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429284 on 2015-06-27
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Africonus musivus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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