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Conus honkeri

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Species of sea snail

Conus honkeri
Shell and protoconch of Conus honkeri (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. honkeri
Binomial name
Conus honkeri
Petuch, 1988
Synonyms
  • Attenuiconus honkeri (Petuch, 1988)
  • Conus (Attenuiconus) honkeri Petuch, 1988 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Dauciconus honkeri (Petuch, 1988)

Conus honkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela at a depth of 35 m.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2022)

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 35 m. Maximum recorded depth is 35 m.

References

  1. Petuch, E. (2013). "Conus honkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192856A2175075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192856A2175075.en. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ Conus honkeri Petuch, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  3. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Petuch, E. J. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks: Biogeography and Evolutionary Patterns of Tropical Western Atlantic Mollusks. 158, plate 36, figure 1–2.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Conus honkeri


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