Conus nanshaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus nanshaensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. nanshaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus nanshaensis F.-L. Li, 2016
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This snail is predatory and venomous and is capable of "stinging" humans.
Description edit
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Distribution edit
This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Spratly Islands, the South China Sea.
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus nanshaensis F.-L. Li, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035088 on 2018-03-22
- Li F.-L. [Fenglan] & Lin M.-Y. [Minyu]. (2016). Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata 55. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae. Beijing: Science Press. 286 pp., 4 pls. page(s): 73, fig. 43
External links edit
- "Conus nanshaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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