Conus lineopunctatus

Conus lineopunctatus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lineopunctatus Motta, A.J. da, 1991
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. lineopunctatus
Binomial name
Conus lineopunctatus Kaicher, 1977
Synonyms[1]
Africonus lineopunctatus "Trovão, H." Kaicher, S.D., 1977 Conus (Lautoconus) lineopunctatus Kaicher, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation Conus guttatus Kiener, 1848 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Cucullus guttatus Röding, 1798; Conus neoguttatus is a replacement name) Conus neoguttatus da Motta, 1991 Varioconus lineopunctatus (Kaicher, 1977) Varioconus neoguttatus (da Motta, 1991

Conus lineopunctatus 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 22 mm and 43 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species in the South Atlantic Ocean off Angola at a depth of 20 m.

References[]

• Rosenberg, G. & Petit, R. E. 2003. Kaicher's Card Catalogue of World-Wide Shells: A collation, with discussion of species named therein. Nautilus. 117 (4): 99-120.
• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
• 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[]

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• Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
• To World Register of Marine Species
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• "Africonus lineopunctatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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