Conus ciderryi
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
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C. ciderryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus ciderryi da Motta, 1985
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Conus ciderryi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 46 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines and the Amami Islands
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus ciderryi da Motta, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- 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
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_5010.shtml Gastropods.com: Asprella ciderryi]
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