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

Conus vezoi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. vezoi
Binomial name
Conus vezoi
Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Darioconus) vezoi (Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus pennaceus pseudoecho (Bozzetti, 2013)
  • Conus pennaceus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000 (original rank)
  • Darioconus pennaceus pseudoecho Bozzetti, 2013
  • Darioconus pennaceus vezoi (Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000)
  • Darioconus vezoi (Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000)

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species of cone snail occurs off Madagascar

References

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Notes
  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus vezoi Korn, Niederhöfer & Blöcher, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054872 on 2018-03-24
Sources
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • Bozzetti L. (2013) Darioconus pennaceus pseudoecho (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) new subspecies from southern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 9-10
  • Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24
  • Monnier E., Tenorio M.J., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar “Deep South”: composition, endemism and new taxa. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 25-75
  • Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24.
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