Conus tenorioi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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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. tenorioi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus tenorioi (Monnier, Monteiro & Limpalaër, 2016)
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description edit
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Distribution edit
This marine species of cone snail occurs off in the Red Sea
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus tenorioi (Monnier, Monteiro & Limpalaër, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867358 on 2018-03-24
- Monnier E., Monteiro A. & Limpalaër L. (2016). Phasmoconus (Phasmoconus) tenorioi (Gastropoda: Conidae), a new species from the Red Sea. Xenophora Taxonomy. 10: 14-24