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Conus lenavati

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

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| taxon = Conus lenavati

| image = Conus_lenavati_2013_000.jpg

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| authority = da Motta & Röckel, 1982

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| synonyms =

  • Conus (Splinoconus) lenavati da Motta & Röckel, 1982 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Kioconus lenavati (da Motta & Röckel, 1982)

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Conus lenavati is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae.{{WRMS species|428178|Conus lenavati da Motta, 1982||27 March 2010}} It was first described by da Motta and Röckel in 1982.{{Cite journal |last=da Motta |first=A. J. |date=May 15, 1982 |title=Seventeen New Cone Shell Names (GASTROPODA: CONIDAE) |url=https://zenodo.org/records/6568168 |journal=Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia |volume=1 |pages=1–20}}

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, thus requiring careful handling.

Description

The species has an obconical shell, between 38 mm and 91 mm in length. The shell has a whorled spire with exactly twelve whorls. The individual whorls have multiple spiral thread-like ridges, while the largest whorl is smooth with sulcus-shaped grooves.

Coloration of the shell is generally between white and cream, with two incomplete bands of brown around the main portion of the shell (below the spire). There are also randomly distributed brown spots across the spire.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the South China Sea. It was first discovered near Cebu Island.

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]

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=2|id=4982|title=Splinoconus lenavati|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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lenavati

Category:Gastropods described in 1982

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