Conus arafurensis

Conus arafurensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. arafurensis
Binomial name
	Conus arafurensis; (Monnier, Limpalaër & Robin, 2013)
Synonyms
	Conus (Pionoconus) arafurensis Monnier, Limpalaër & Robin, 2013 accepted, alternate representation; Pionoconus arafurensis Monnier, Limpalaër & Robin, 2013;

Conus arafurensis 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 varies between 25 mm and 51 mm.

This species occurs in the Arafura Sea.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus arafurensis (Monnier, Limpalaër & Robin, 2013). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742463 on 2015-06-30

Monnier E., Limpalaër L. & Robin A. (2013) Revision of the Pionoconus achatinus complex. Description of three new species: P. koukae n. sp. from Oman, P. arafurensis n. sp. from northern Australia and P. rouxi n. sp. from Western Australia. Xenophora Taxonomy 1: 3-39.
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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