Species of sea snail
Conus delanoyae
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus delanoyae Trovão, 1979
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Conus
Species:
C. delanoyae
Binomial name
Conus delanoyae Trovão, 1979
Synonyms [2]
Africonus delanoyae (Trovão, 1979)
Africonus joserochoi Cossignani, 2014
Africonus luquei (Rolán & Trovão, 1990)
Africonus swinneni Tenorio, Afonso, Cunha & Rolán, 2014
Conus (Lautoconus) delanoyae Trovão, 1979
Conus (Lautoconus) joserochoi (Cossignani, 2014)
Conus (Lautoconus) luquei Rolán & Trovão, 1990
Conus (Lautoconus) swinneni (Tenorio, Afonso, Cunha & Rolán, 2014)
Conus delanoyi Trovão, 1979 (improperly formed specific epithet)
Conus luquei Rolán & Trovão, 1990
Conus swinneni (Tenorio, Afonso, Cunha & Rolán, 2014)
Conus delanoyae , common name Delanoy's cone , is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae , the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus delanoyae Trovão, 1979, showing variation in the species.
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus delanoyae Trovão, 1979, showing variation in the species.
Length: 17–35 mm.[3]
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Distribution
This species occur off the Atlantic island off Boa Vista , Cape Verde .[2]
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