Conus alexandrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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| Shell and protoconch of Conus alexandrinus (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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. alexandrinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977
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Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 34 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429284 on 2015-06-27
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Rolán E. & Röckel D. 2000. The endemic Conus of Angola. Argonauta 13(2): 5-44, 150 figs.
- Rosenberg, G. & Petit, R. E. 2003. Kaicher's Card Catalogue of World-Wide Shells: A collation, with discussion of species named therein. Nautilus. 117 (4): 99-120.
- 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 edit
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Africonus musivus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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