Conus kinoshitai
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| Apertural view of Conus kinoshitai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. kinoshitai
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956) [1]
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Conus kinoshitai, common name Kinoshita's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description[edit]
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 100 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the South China Sea and in the Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to the Solomons. There are also records in the Indian Ocean from Mozambique, Madagascar, and Réunion.
References[edit]
- ^ Kuroda, T., 1956. New species of the Conidae (Gastropoda). Venus, 19 (1 ): 1 -16
- ^ a b Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition.
- 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[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus kinoshitai.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- "Afonsoconus kinoshitai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- Manuel J. Tenorio, Eric Monnier & Nicolas Puillandre - Notes on Afonsoconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 (Gastropoda, Conidae), with description of a new species from the Southwestern Indian Ocean; European Journal of Taxonomy 472: 1–20, 2018
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