Conus hamanni
| Conus hamanni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. hamanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus hamanni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans if handled.
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Red Sea
References
[edit]- 1 2 Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986, Conus hammani, spec.nov. from the red Sea (Gastropoda, Conidae); Bull. Malac. Rep. China 12:1–4
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- 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
[edit]- The Conus Biodiversity website
- "Leptoconus hamanni". Archived from the original on 31 October 2012.
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