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Conus freitasi

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Conus freitasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. freitasi
Binomial name
Conus freitasi
(Tenorio, Afonso, Rolán, Pires, Vasconcelos, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018)
Synonyms[1]

Africonus freitasi Tenorio, Afonso, Rolán, Pires, Vasconcelos, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018 (original combination)

Conus freitasi 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

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The length of the shell varies between 10.8 mm and 15.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Cape Verdes.[1]

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