Conus ngocngai

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Conus ngocngai
Shell of Conus ngocngai (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
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. ngocngai
Binomial name
Conus ngocngai
Thach, 2017

Conus ngocngai 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[edit]

The length of the shell attains 83 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Vietnam.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus ngocngai Thach, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026650 on 2018-03-21
  • Thach N.N. (2017). New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails. 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp. page(s): 27, figs 261-263