Conus cabraloi

Conus cabraloi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. cabraloi
Binomial name
Conus cabraloi
(Cossignani, 2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus cabraloi Cossignani, 2014 (original combination)
  • Conus (Lautoconus) cabraloi (Cossignani, 2014) ยท accepted, alternate representation

Conus cabraloi 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.

Description

The size of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verdes

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus cabraloi (Cossignani, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758171 on 2015-08-03
External identifiers for Conus cabraloi
WoRMS 758171


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