Conus hamanni
{{short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus hamanni
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| authority = Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986
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- Conus (Leptoconus) hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986 · accepted, alternate representation
- Leptoconus hamanni (Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986)
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Conus hamanni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|428147|Conus hamanni Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986||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 18 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea
References
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- Fainzilber & Mienis, 1986, Conus hammani, spec.nov. from the red Sea (Gastropoda, Conidae); Bull. Malac. Rep. China 12:1–4
- 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]
External links
- [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=5050|title=Leptoconus hamanni|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1986
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