Pygmaeconus wallacei

Pygmaeconus wallacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Pygmaeconus
Species:	P. wallacei
Binomial name
	Pygmaeconus wallacei; (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004)
Synonyms
	Conus (Pseudolilliconus) wallacei (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004) ·; Conus wallacei (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004); Lilliconus wallacei Lorenz & Morrison, 2004; Pseudolilliconus wallacei (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004);

Pygmaeconus wallacei 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.

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

This marine species occurs off Sulawesi, Indonesia.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Pygmaeconus wallacei (Lorenz & Morrison, 2004). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986849 on 2018-02-11

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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
Lorenz, F. and Morrison, H. 2004b. The genus Lilliconus G. Raybaudi Massilia (Gastropoda: Conidae) in the Western Pacific, with the description of Lilliconus wallacei sp. nov. Schriften zur Malakozoologie 21:29–34.
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.

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