Profundiconus tarava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Shell of Profundiconus tarava (paratype 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: | Profundiconus |
| Species: | P. tarava
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| Binomial name | |
| Profundiconus tarava (Rabiller & Richard, 2014)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus tarava Rabiller & Richard, 2014 | |
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Tarava Seamounts in the Southern Pacific Ocean.
References edit
- ^ 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.
External links edit
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