Conus santanaensis
| Conus santanaensis | |
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| Shell of Conus santanaensis (paratype in MNHN, Paris) | |
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. santanaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus santanaensis (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014)
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Conus santanaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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 attains 17 mm.
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Maio Island, Cape Verde.[2]
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus santanaensis.
- ^ a b Conus santanaensis (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Africonus santanaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- C. M. Afonso & M. J. Tenorio, Recent findings from the Islands of Maio and Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Archipelago: Description of three new Africonus species (Gastropoda: Conidae); Xenophora Taxonomy N° 3 - Supplément au Xenophora n° 146 - April 2014
- 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
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