| Conus sartii | |
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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. sartii |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus sartii Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2002 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus sartii 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 25 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus sartii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429603 on 2015-11-25
- Korn W., Niederhöfer H.-J. & Blöcher M. (2002 ["2001"]) Conus sartii sp. nov. from Madagascar (Gastropoda: Conidae). La Conchiglia 33(301): 32-40.
- 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
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Phasmoconus sartii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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