Conus alexandrinus

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Conus alexandrinus
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Shell and protoconch of Conus alexandrinus (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. alexandrinus
Binomial name
Conus alexandrinus
Kaicher, 1977
Synonyms [1]
  • Africonus musivus(Trovão, 1978)
  • Conus (Lautoconus) alexandrinusKaicher, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus musivusTrovão, 1975 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus musivumG.B. Sowerby I, 1833; Conus tevesi is a replacement name)
  • Conus tevesiTrovão, 1978
  • Varioconus alexandrinus(Kaicher, 1977)
  • Varioconus tevesi(Trovão, 1978)

Conus alexandrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 34 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429284 on 2015-06-27


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