Conus broderipii

{{short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus broderipii

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| authority = Reeve, 1844

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Kohn, A. |date=2013 |title=Conus broderipii |volume=2013 |page=e.T192833A2170267|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192833A2170267.en |access-date=22 April 2024}}

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  • Asprella broderipii (Reeve, 1844)
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) broderipii Reeve, 1844 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Graphiconus broderipii (Reeve, 1844)

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Conus broderipii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|215505|Conus broderipii Reeve, 1844||27 March 2010}}

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 50 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar; off the Moluccas, Indonesia and in the Sulu Sea, Philippines

References

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  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • [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]