Profundiconus tarava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Profundiconus tarava
Shell of Profundiconus tarava (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Profundiconus
Species:
P. tarava
Binomial name
Profundiconus tarava
(Rabiller & Richard, 2014)
Synonyms[1]

Conus tarava Rabiller & Richard, 2014

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Tarava Seamounts in the Southern Pacific Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Profundiconus tarava (Rabiller & Richard, 2014). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932582 on 2018-12-28
  • Rabiller M. & Richard G. (2014). Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 5: 25-49.
  • Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.
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