Conus ngocngai
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Conus ngocngai | |
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Shell of Conus ngocngai (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. ngocngai
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Binomial name | |
Conus ngocngai Thach, 2017
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Conus ngocngai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 83 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Vietnam.
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus ngocngai Thach, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026650 on 2018-03-21
- Thach N.N. (2017). New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails. 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp. page(s): 27, figs 261-263