Conus tourosensis

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Conus tourosensis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. tourosensis
Binomial name
Conus tourosensis
(Petuch & Berschauer, 2018)
Synonyms [1]

Poremskiconus tourosensisPetuch & Berschauer, 2018 (original combination)

Conus tourosensis 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 the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. [1]

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