Conus bahamensis
{{short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus bahamensis
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| authority = Vink & Röckel, 1995
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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- Conus (Lindaconus) bahamensis Vink & Röckel, 1995 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus caribbaeus auct. non Clench, 1942 (misidentification by Kaicher (1976) and Lozet & Petron (1977).)
- Lindaconus bahamensis (Vink & Röckel, 1995)
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Conus bahamensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus bahamensis Vink & Röckel, 1995. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430478 on 2015-07-23
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The size of the shell reaches 31 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea.
References
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- Vink, D. L. N. and D. Röckel. 1995. Conus bahamensis n. sp., a name for an elusive cone. Apex 10: 99-101.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430478 To World Register of Marine Species]
- [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=14178|title=Jaspidiconus bahamensis|access-date=15 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1995
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