Conus flamingo

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Conus flamingo
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Shell and protoconch of Conus flamingo (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. flamingo
Binomial name
Conus flamingo
Petuch, 1980
Synonyms [1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) flamingoPetuch, 1980 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Gradiconus flamingo(Petuch, 1980)
  • Tuckericonus flamingo(Petuch, 1980)

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

Contents

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 16 and 27 mm (0.63 and 1.06 in).

Distribution

Locus typicus: Off Dania, Broward County, Florida, USA. [2]

This marine species of cone snail occurs off Eastern Florida at a depth of 46 m (151 ft).

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus flamingo. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429362 on 2015-09-20
  2. ↑ Dink, D.L.N., 1984 -La Conchiglia XVI, The Conidae of the Western Atlantic -Part 1, page 22.


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