| Conus scalarispira | |
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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. scalarispira |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus scalarispira (Bozzetti, 2012) | |
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Conus scalarispira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 11 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs of Southern Madagascar.
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus scalarispira. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723959 on 2015-11-25
- Luigi Bozzetti, Pseudolilliconus scalarispira n.sp.; Malacologia Mostra Mondiale vol. 76 July 2012
- 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
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Pseudolilliconus scalarispira". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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