Conus verdensis
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
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{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus verdensis
| image = Conus verdensis 1.jpg
| image2 = Conus verdensis 2.jpg
| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus verdensis Trovco, H., 1979
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| authority = Trovão, 1979
| synonyms =
- Africonus verdensis (Trovão, 1979)
- Africonus verdensis verdensis (Trovão, 1979)
- Conus nelsontiagoi (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)
- Conus verdensis verdensis Trovão, 1979
- Conus (Lautoconus) verdensis Trovão, 1979 - accepted, alternate representation
| display_parents = 3
}}
Conus verdensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|225085|Conus verdensis Trovão, 1979||9 December 2018}}[See image at Gastropods.com http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_8215.shtml]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
The subspecies Conus verdensis furnae Rolán, 1990 has been raised to the status of species as Conus furnae Rolán, 1990.{{WRMS species|585053|Conus furnae Rolán, 1990||28 October 2011}}See image at Gastropods.com http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_27266.shtml
Description
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 23 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.
References
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- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- 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]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=8215|title=Africonus verdensis|access-date=29 October 2011}}
- [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1979
Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde
Category:Endemic fauna of Cape Verde
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