Conus lineopunctatus
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lineopunctatus Motta, A.J. da, 1991 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. lineopunctatus
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| Conus lineopunctatus Kaicher, 1977
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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.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species in the South Atlantic Ocean off Angola at a depth of 20 m.
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- Rosenberg, G. & Petit, R. E. 2003. Kaicher's Card Catalogue of World-Wide Shells: A collation, with discussion of species named therein. Nautilus. 117 (4): 99-120.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- 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]
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- 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.
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