Misplaced Pages

Profundiconus zardoyai
Shell of Profundiconus zardoyai (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Profundiconus
Species:	P. zardoyai
Binomial name
Profundiconus zardoyai Tenorio 2015

Profundiconus zardoyai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the genus Profundiconus, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell attains 10 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2016)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus zardoyai Tenorio, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828556 on 2015-03-29

• Tenorio M. (2015). A new Profundiconus from northern New Caledonia: Profundiconus zardoyai sp. nov. (Gastropoda, Conilithidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 6: 38–46

External links

• "Profundiconus zardoyai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

This Conus-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Profundiconus
• Gastropods described in 2015
• Conus stubs