Conus taitensis
Shell of Conus taitensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. taitensis
Binomial name
Conus taitensis
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Rhizoconus) taitensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Rhizoconus taitensis (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus taitensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South Pacific off the Marquesas Islands

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Conus taitensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428904 on 2018-12-28
  2. ↑ Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. volume 1. Pancoucke, Paris. Pp. 1-344 [June 1789]; 345-758 [13 Feb. 1792; dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207].
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
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