Conus minimus

Conus minimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. minimus
Binomial name
Conus minimus
(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015)
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus minimus Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015

Conus minimus 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.

Conus minimus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 is a nomen dubium and is invalid as a junior homonym of Conus minimus Linnaeus, 1758, which, in turn, is a nomenclaturally invalid name, placed on the Official Index of Invalid and Rejected Specific Names in Zoology (ICZN Opinion n°753)))

Description

The size of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Sal Island, Cape Verdes.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus minimus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847895 on 2015-11-04
External identifiers for Conus minimus
WoRMS 847895


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