Conus hilli 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 of Conus hilli (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. hilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus hilli Petuch, 1990
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description edit
The size of the shell attains 21 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama and Guadeloupe.
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus hilli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429718 on 2015-10-06
- Rabiller M. & Richard G. , 2019. Conidae offshore de Guadeloupe : Description du matériel dragué lors de l’expédition KARUBENTHOS 2 contenant de nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy 24: 3-31
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus hilli.
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Magelliconus magellanicus var. hilli
- Edward J. Petuch, A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama; The Nautilus vol. 004:2 page 68 (1990)
- 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
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