Conus lineopunctatus

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Conus lineopunctatus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lineopunctatus Motta, A.J. da, 1991
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. lineopunctatus
Binomial name
Conus lineopunctatus
Kaicher, 1977
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus lineopunctatus "Trovão, H." Kaicher, S.D., 1977
  • Conus (Lautoconus) lineopunctatus Kaicher, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus guttatus Kiener, 1848 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Cucullus guttatus Röding, 1798; Conus neoguttatus is a replacement name)
  • Conus neoguttatus da Motta, 1991
  • Varioconus lineopunctatus (Kaicher, 1977)
  • Varioconus neoguttatus (da Motta, 1991

Conus lineopunctatus 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[edit]

The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species in the South Atlantic Ocean off Angola at a depth of 20 m.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus lineopunctatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429427 on 2015-10-21

External links[edit]

  • Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
  • "Africonus lineopunctatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.