Conus polongimarumai
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| Conus polongimarumai | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus polongimarumai Kosuge, S., 1980 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
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C. polongimarumai
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus polongimarumai Kosuge, 1980
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Conus polongimarumai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 32 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Marshall Islands; New Caledonia and Western Thailand.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus polongimarumai Kosuge, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Kosuge S. (1980) Descriptions of two new species of the genus Conus (Gastropoda Conacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(4): 62-64, pl. 18.
- Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Rolaniconus polongimarumai
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