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Species of sea snail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conus africanus, common name the African cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[3]
| Conus africanus | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus africanus Kiener, L.C., 1849 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. africanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus africanus | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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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.
This species has been recently declared "least concern" in 2012, after it had been declared "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List in 1996.[1]
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 30 mm.
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This marine species is endemic to Angola and West Africa.
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