Conus espingueirensis

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Conus espingueirensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. espingueirensis
Binomial name
Conus espingueirensis
(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017)
Synonyms [1]

Africonus espingueirensisCossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017 (original combination)

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

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

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Cape Verde. Its type locality is in the island of Boa Vista. [1]

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