Conus lenavati is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae.[1] It was first described by da Motta and Röckel in 1982.[2]
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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. lenavati
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| Conus lenavati da Motta & Röckel, 1982
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Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, thus requiring careful handling.
Description
editThe species has an obconical shell, between 38 mm and 91 mm in length. The shell has a whorled spire with exactly twelve whorls. The individual whorls have multiple spiral thread-like ridges, while the largest whorl is smooth with sulcus-shaped grooves.
Coloration of the shell is generally between white and cream, with two incomplete bands of brown around the main portion of the shell (below the spire). There are also randomly distributed brown spots across the spire.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the South China Sea. It was first discovered near Cebu Island.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Conus lenavati da Motta, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ a b c da Motta, A. J. (15 May 1982). "Seventeen New Cone Shell Names (GASTROPODA: CONIDAE)". Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia. 1: 1–20.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
- 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: 1–23
External links
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- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Splinoconus lenavati". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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