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Conus vappereaui

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Species of sea snail

Conus vappereaui
Shell of Conus vappereaui (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. vappereaui
Binomial name
Conus vappereaui
Monteiro, 2009
Synonyms
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 (original combination)
  • Fulgiconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009)
  • Phasmoconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009)

Conus vappereaui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2015)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti and Tuamotu.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus vappereaui. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599330 on 2015-12-18
  • Monteiro A. (2009) A new subspecies of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tahiti. Visaya 2(5): 88-90.
  • Rabiller M. & Richard G. , 2014. Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy 5: 26-49

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Conus vappereaui


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