Conus vicweei
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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. vicweei
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus vicweei Old, 1973
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Conus vicweei, common name the Vic Wee's cone, 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 60 mm and 91 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Burma, in the Strait of Malacca and off Indonesia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus vicweei Old, 1973. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Old, W. E., Jr. 1973. A new species of Conus from Indonesian waters. The Veliger 16(1):58-60, 2 pls.
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