Conus tourosensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
| Conus tourosensis | |
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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. tourosensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus tourosensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Poremskiconus tourosensis Petuch & Berschauer, 2018 (original combination) | |
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 the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Conus tourosensis (Petuch & Berschauer, 2018). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2018). Ten new cone shells from Indonesia, the Marquesas Islands, Brazil, and Pacific Panama. The Festivus. 50(1): 17–35.