Conus boutetorum 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 boutetorum (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: | Conus |
| Species: | C. boutetorum
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| Conus boutetorum Richard & Rabiller, 2013
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThis section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (June 2015) |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus boutetorum Richard & Rabiller, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732421 on 2015-07-31
- Richard G. & Rabiller M. (2013) Conus boutetorum spec. nov., (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae) and notes on the Pionoconus group in French Polynesia. Annales de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Charente-Maritime 2013, supplement: 53-63
- 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
- "Pionoconus boutetorum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Holotype in MNHN, Paris
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