| Conus goudeyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. goudeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus goudeyi (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2012) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus goudeyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, due to their harpoons, made from modified radula teeth, launched from their proboscis.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.
The shell is white and shiny, with irregular, slightly fuzzy cross-wise barring that varies between rusty-orange and lighter orange, that spirals up slightly to the thicker end of the shell.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the ocean off New Caledonia.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus goudeyi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723879 on 2015-10-02
- E. Monnier & L. Limpalaër (2012): Phasmoconus goudeyi (Gastropoda: Conidae) a New Species from New Caledonia - Visaya Vol. 3 n°5.
- 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
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Phasmoconus goudeyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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