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Conus paulae

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

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

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| taxon = Conus paulae

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| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus paulae Petuch, E.J., 1988

| authority = Petuch, 1988

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| synonyms =

  • Conus (Dauciconus) paulae Petuch, 1988 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Gradiconus paulae (Petuch, 1988)

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Conus paulae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|428235|Conus paulae Petuch, 1988||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 species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 31 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}}.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 35 m. Maximum recorded depth is 35 m.

References

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  • Petuch, E. J. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks: Biogeography and Evolutionary Patterns of Tropical Western Atlantic Mollusks. 159, plate 36, figure 5–6.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • 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=9|id=11169|title=Gradiconus paulae|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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paulae

Category:Gastropods described in 1988

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