Conus fuscatus

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Conus fuscatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. fuscatus
Binomial name
Conus fuscatus
Born, 1778
Synonyms [1]

Conus (Stephanoconus) fuscatusBorn, 1778

Conus fuscatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1] [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase (2018). Conus fuscatus Born, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215534 on 2018-12-28
  2. Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.