Conus vappereaui | |
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Shell of Conus vappereaui (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. vappereaui
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Binomial name | |
Conus vappereaui Monteiro, 2009
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Conus vappereaui 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.
The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.
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This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti and Tuamotu.
Conus vappereaui | |
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Shell of Conus vappereaui (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. vappereaui
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Binomial name | |
Conus vappereaui Monteiro, 2009
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Conus vappereaui 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.
The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (June 2015) |
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti and Tuamotu.