Conus gubernator

Conus gubernator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Subfamily: Coninae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. gubernator
Binomial name
Conus gubernator
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]

Conus boivini Kiener, 1845
Conus sutoreanus da Motta & Röckel, 1979
Conus terminus Lamarck, 1822
Conus veillardi da Motta, 1990

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

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Conus gubernator Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215513 on 27 March 2010.

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