Conasprella kohni

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Conasprella kohni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conasprella
Species:
C. kohni
Binomial name
Conasprella kohni
(McLean & Nybakken, 1979) [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Conasprella (Kohniconus) kohni(McLean & Nybakken, 1979) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus kohniMcLean & Nybakken, 1979 (original combination)
  • Kohniconus kohni(McLean & Nybakken, 1979)

Conasprella kohni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, known as the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [3]

Contents

Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

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References

  1. ↑ Finet, Y. 1996. Conus kohni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. ↑ McLean, J. H., and Nybakken, J. W., 1979. On the Growth Stages of Conus fergusoni Sowerby, 1873, the Reinstatement of Conus xanthicus Dall, 1910, and a New Species of Conus from the Galapagos Islands. The Veliger, 22 (2 ): 135 -144
  3. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conasprella kohni (McLean & Nybakken, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835900 on 2015-03-21


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