Conus capreolus

Conus capreolus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus capreolus Rockel, D., 1985
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. capreolus
Binomial name
	Conus capreolus; Röckel, 1985
Synonyms
	Conus (Splinoconus) capreolus Röckel, 1985 accepted, alternate representation; Conus semisulcatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (Invalid: junior homonym of Conus semisulcatus Bronn, 1831); Kioconus capreolus (Röckel, 1985);

Conus capreolus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 36 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution[]

Thus marine species occurs off East India and in the Andaman Sea.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Conus capreolus Röckel, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

Sowerby, G.B. III (1870). Descriptions of Forty-eight new Species of Shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1870): 249–259
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[]

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Kioconus capreolus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

This Conus-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[WoRMS-1] Conus capreolus Röckel, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[1]