Conus bahamensis

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| taxon = Conus bahamensis

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| authority = Vink & Röckel, 1995

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Petuch, E. | date=2013 |title=Conus bahamensis |volume=2013 |page=e.T192788A2161535|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192788A2161535.en |access-date=10 April 2024}}

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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]