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Conus nanshaensis

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Conus nanshaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. nanshaensis
Binomial name
Conus nanshaensis
F.-L. Li, 2016

Conus nanshaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

This snail is predatory and venomous and is capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Spratly Islands, the South China Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus nanshaensis F.-L. Li, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035088 on 2018-03-22
  • Li F.-L. [Fenglan] & Lin M.-Y. [Minyu]. (2016). Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata 55. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae. Beijing: Science Press. 286 pp., 4 pls. page(s): 73, fig. 43
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  • "Conus nanshaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.