Conus goajira
| Conus goajira | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. goajira |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus goajira Petuch, 1992 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus goajira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The size of the shell is 35 mm long. The shell is generally orange and sometimes bears a white stripe pattern (can be vertical or horizontal).
Distribution
This marine species can be found around Cabo la Vela, Goajira Peninsula, and Colombia.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus goajira. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429491 on 2015-10-01
- Petuch, E. J., 1992. Molluscan Discoveries from the Tropical Western Atlantic Region (i). La Conchiglia: International Shell Magazine, 23 (264 ): 36 -40
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- 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
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