Conus donnae 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. donnae
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus donnae Petuch, 1998
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 27 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Bahamas.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus donnae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429050 on 2015-09-14
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing
- 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
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Purpuriconus cardinalis donnae (var.)
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