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Conus poulosi

{{short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus poulosi

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| authority = Petuch, 1993

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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  • Attenuiconus poulosi (Petuch, 1993)
  • Conus (Attenuiconus) poulosi Petuch, 1993 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Dauciconus poulosi (Petuch, 1993)

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Conus poulosi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|428246|Conus poulosi Petuch, 1993||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 Colombia.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 50 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 53 m.

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

  • [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=24525|title=Attenuiconus poulosi|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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poulosi

Category:Gastropods described in 1993

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