Conus trencarti
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Conus trencarti | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus trencarti Nolf, F. & J. Verstraeten, 2008 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. trencarti
|
Binomial name | |
Conus trencarti Nolf & Verstraeten, 2008
| |
Synonyms[1] | |
|
Conus trencarti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description[edit]
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 27 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2015) |
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Conus trencarti Nolf & Verstraeten, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Nolf, F.; Verstraeten, J. (2008). Conus trencarti (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae): a new cone from Senegal. Neptunea 7(4): 1–12.
- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links[edit]
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Lautoconus trencarti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Holotype in MNHN, Paris
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus trencarti.
Error: "Q1311546" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Use dmy dates from April 2020
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Articles to be expanded from December 2015
- All articles to be expanded
- Articles using small message boxes
- Commons category link is the pagename
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Conus
- Gastropods described in 2008
- All stub articles
- Conus stubs