Conus antoniaensis

Conus antoniaensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. antoniaensis
Binomial name
Conus antoniaensis (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)
Synonyms [1]
Africonus antoniaensisCossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 Africonus padarosaeCossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018

Conus antoniaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. ^{[1] [ self-published source ]}

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 30 mm. The shell is conical with a sharply-angled shoulder. The spire whorls are flattened and lack grooves.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde. ^[1]

References

1. Conus antoniaensis (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 December 2018.

• Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2014). Quattro nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 83: 14-19.^{[ self-published source ]}
• Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2018). Quattro nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 98: 14-20.^{[ self-published source ]}

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• "Africonus antoniaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Manuel J. Tenorio, Samuel Abalde, José R. Pardos-Blas, Rafael Zardoya - Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation; European Journal of Taxonomy 663: 1–89 (2020)