Pygmaeconus visseri
| Pygmaeconus visseri | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Pygmaeconus |
| Species: | P. visseri
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| Binomial name | |
| Pygmaeconus visseri (Delsaerdt, 1990)
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Pygmaeconus visseri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1] The species is named for J. S. de Visser, who originally collected the specimen.[2]
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.
Description
[edit | edit source]Like other members of Pygmaeconus, the shell is less than 10mm in size and rounded. However, the shell of P. visseri has indented grooves on its body whorl instead of the raised ribs that are common to the rest of its genus.[3]
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Distribution
[edit | edit source]This marine species was found off Phuket Island, Thailand.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Pygmaeconus visseri (Delsaerdt, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986850 on 2018-02-11
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- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
External links
[edit | edit source]- The Conus Biodiversity website
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- Puillandre N. & Tenorio M.J. (2017). A question of rank: DNA sequences and radula characters reveal a new genus of cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83(2): 200–210
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