Conus hoaraui

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Conus hoaraui
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Shell of Conus hoaraui (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. hoaraui
Binomial name
Conus hoaraui
(Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015)
Synonyms [1]
  • Conus (Splinoconus) hoaraui(Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Kioconus hoarauiMonnier & Limpalaër, 2015 (original combination)

Conus hoaraui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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 can reach 29.2mm. [2]

Distribution

This marine species in the Indian Ocean off Réunion. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus hoaraui (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842850 on 2015-10-07
  2. ↑ "Revision of the Kioconus caillaudi complex. Description of two new endemic Kioconus (Gastropoda, Conidae): K. hoaraui n. sp., from La Réunion and K. malcolmi, from the Red Sea". Xenophora Taxonomy. 7: 15–26.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conus hoaraui (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2015)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-22.


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