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Conus

Poole, Karen E.

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Also known as Conus snail

thumb|200 px|Fossil Conus pelagicus from the Pliocene of Cyprus

Species

cone snails

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyConidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

Dieser Artikel beschreibt die Pflanzengattung Calibanus. Für die gleichnamige monotypische Schneckengattung siehe Calibanus furvus. Calibanus ist eine Pflanzengattung, die zur Familie der Spargelgewächse (Asparagaceae) gehört. Der botanische Name leitet sich von Caliban, einer Gestalt aus William Shakespeares Stück Der Sturm, ab.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
11,589
With media
679
Family
Conidae
Collections
UWBM, PRI, LACM, SDNHM
Recorded in
United States, Ecuador, Fiji

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Conidae
Image
Conus-geographicus.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Conus
taxon name
Conus
topic's main category
Category:Conus
taxon common name
Kúpcsiga
taxonomic type
Conus marmoreus
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Distribution and habitat
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|200 px|Fossil Conus pelagicus from the Pliocene of Cyprus

Conus is a genus of venomous and predatory cone snails. Prior to 2009, it included all cone snail species but is now more precisely defined.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Conus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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