Conus tenorioi

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Conus tenorioi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. tenorioi
Binomial name
Conus tenorioi
(Monnier, Monteiro & Limpalaër, 2016)
Synonyms [1]
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) tenorioi(Monnier, Monteiro & Limpalaër, 2016)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Phasmoconus (Phasmoconus) tenorioiMonnier, Monteiro & Limpalaër, 2016 (basionym)

Conus tenorioi 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 occurs off in the Red Sea

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Conus tenorioi (Monnier, Monteiro & Limpalaër, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867358 on 2018-03-24