Conus calhetinensis

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Conus calhetinensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. calhetinensis
Binomial name
Conus calhetinensis
(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)
Synonyms [1]
  • Africonus calhetinensisCossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014

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

Sea snail common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in salt water, in other words marine gastropods. The taxonomic class Gastropoda also includes snails that live in other habitats, such as land snails and freshwater snails. Many species of sea snails are edible and exploited as food sources by humans.

Family is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".

Conidae family of molluscs

Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails," is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea.

Contents

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Conus calhetinensis (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Africonus calhetinensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.


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