Conus isabelarum

Conus isabelarum
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus isabelarum Tenorio, M.J. & C.M.L. Afonso, 2004
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. isabelarum
Binomial name
Conus isabelarum Tenorio & Afonso, 2004
Synonyms
Africonus isabelarum (Tenorio & Afonso, 2004) Conus (Lautoconus) isabelarum Tenorio & Afonso, 2004 · accepted, alternate representation

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus isabelarum Tenorio, M.J. & C.M.L. Afonso, 2004, showing variation in the species.

Conus isabelarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 30 mm.

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the island of Maio, Cape Verde.^[1]

References[]

Notes

Bibliography

• Tenorio M.J. & Afonso C.M.L. (2004) Description of four new species of Conus from the Cape Verde Islands (Gastropoda, Conidae). Visaya 1(2): 24–37
• Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
• 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
• "Africonus isabelarum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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