Conus vappereaui
{{short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus vappereaui
| image = Conus vappereaui (MNHN-IM-2012-38012).jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of Conus vappereaui (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
| authority = Monteiro, 2009
| synonyms =
- Conus (Phasmoconus) vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 (original combination)
- Fulgiconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009)
- Phasmoconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009)
| display_parents = 3
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Conus vappereaui 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 vappereaui. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599330 on 2015-12-18
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution
References
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- Monteiro A. (2009) A new subspecies of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tahiti. Visaya 2(5): 88-90.
- Rabiller M. & Richard G. , 2014. Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy 5: 26-49
External links
- {{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mollus/eyu055 |last1=Puillandre|first1=N.|last2=Duda|first2=T.F.|last3=Meyer|first3=C.|last4=Olivera|first4=B.M.|last5=Bouchet|first5=P.|year=2015|title=One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails|journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies|volume=81|issue=1 |pages=1–23|pmc=4541476|pmid=26300576}}
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599330 To World Register of Marine Species]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=61308|title=Fulgiconus moluccensis vappereaui|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 2009
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