Conus vappereaui

Conus vappereaui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus vappereaui
Shell of Conus vappereaui (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. vappereaui
Binomial name
Conus vappereaui Monteiro, 2009
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Phasmoconus) vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009 (original combination) Fulgiconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009) Phasmoconus vappereaui (Monteiro, 2009)

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti and Tuamotu.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus vappereaui. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599330 on 2015-12-18

• Monteiro A. (2009) A new subspecies of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tahiti. Visaya 2(5): 88-90.
• Rabiller M. & Richard G. , 2014. Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy 5: 26-49

External links

• Puillandre, N.; Duda, T.F.; Meyer, C.; Olivera, B.M.; Bouchet, P. (2015). "One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
• To World Register of Marine Species
• "Fulgiconus moluccensis vappereaui". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.