Conus evansi
Conus evansi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus evansi | |
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| Shell of Conus evansi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. evansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus evansi Bondarev, 2001 | |
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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.
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References
- 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
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Graphiconus evansi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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