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Conus havanensis

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus havanensis Aguayo, C.G. & I. Porez Farfante, 1947

| authority = Aguayo & Farfante, 1947

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  • Conus (Dauciconus) havanensis Aguayo & Pérez Farfante, 1947 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus olgae Bacallado, Espinosa & Ortea, 2007
  • Purpuriconus havanensis (Aguayo & Pérez Farfante, 1947)

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Conus havanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|420212|Conus havanensis Aguayo & Farfante, 1947||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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cuba and Jamaica.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 34 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776}}.

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Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m. Maximum recorded depth is 30 m.

References

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  • Bacallado J.J., Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2007). Nueva especie del género Conus Linné, 1758 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la costa norte occidental de Cuba. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 18(3-4): 117-123
  • * [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

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  • [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
  • [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=1961|title=Purpuriconus havanensis|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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havanensis

Category:Gastropods described in 1947

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