Conus devorsinei 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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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. devorsinei
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus devorsinei (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2015)
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 29 mm and 37 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus devorsinei (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866554 on 2018-03-22
- Petuch E., Berschauer D. & Poremski A. (2015). Additions to the cone shell faunas of Australia and Aruba (Conidae, Conilithidae). The Festivus. 47(4): 219-228. page(s): 220, figs 1A-C
External links edit
- "Tesselliconus devorsinei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.