Conus moncuri
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| image_caption = Shell of Conus moncuri (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
| authority = Filmer, 2005
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- Conus (Elisaconus) moncuri Filmer, 2005 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus (Embrikena) moncuri Filmer, 2005
- Elisaconus moncuri (Filmer, 2005)
- Strategoconus litteratus var. moncuri (Filmer, 2005)
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Conus moncuri 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 moncuri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389707 on 2015-11-04
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 98 mm and 181 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
References
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- Filmer R.M. 2005. A New Conus species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Conidae). Of Sea & Shore, 27(1): 58-63
- [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://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389707To World Register of Marine Species]
- [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea]
- [http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_43155.shtml Gastropods.com: Strategoconus litteratus var. moncuri ]
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Category:Gastropods described in 2005
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