Conus kostini

Conus kostini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. kostini
Binomial name
Conus kostini
Filmer, Monteiro, Lorenz & Verdasca, 2012
Synonyms[1]
  • Asprella kostini (Filmer, Monteiro, Lorenz & Verdasca, 2012)
  • Conus (Embrikena) kostini Filmer, Monteiro, Lorenz & Verdasca, 2012 ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Embrikena kostini (Filmer, Monteiro, Lorenz & Verdasca, 2012)

Conus kostini 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 varies between 60 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Balut Island, Southern Mindanao, the Philippines

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus kostini. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599314 on 2015-10-17
External identifiers for Conus kostini
WoRMS 599314


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