Conus nanshaensis

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Conus nanshaensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. nanshaensis
Binomial name
Conus nanshaensis
F.-L. Li, 2016

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

Contents

This snail is predatory and venomous and is capable of stinging humans.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Spratly Islands, the South China Sea.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Conus nanshaensis F.-L. Li, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035088 on 2018-03-22