Conus antoniaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus antoniaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. antoniaensis
Binomial name
Conus antoniaensis
(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Africonus antoniaensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014
  • Africonus padarosae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde.[1]

References

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  • Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2014). Quattro nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 83: 14-19
  • Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2018). Quattro nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 98: 14-20.
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  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
  • "Africonus antoniaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Manuel J. Tenorio, Samuel Abalde, José R. Pardos-Blas, Rafael Zardoya - Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation; European Journal of Taxonomy 663: 1–89 (2020)