Conus vappereaui

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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

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  • Conus (Phasmoconus) vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 (original combination)
  • Fulgiconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009)
  • Phasmoconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009)

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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

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti and Tuamotu.

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