Conus niederhoeferi explained

Conus niederhoeferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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

The size of the shell attains 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the East China Sea.

References

• E. Monnier, L. Limpalaër & F. Lorenz (2012): Phasmoconus niederhoeferi (Gastropoda, Conidae), a new species of cone from the East China Sea and notes on the Ph. moluccensis (Küster, 1838) and the Ph. proximus (Sowerby II, 1860) complexes- Acta Conchyliorum n°11.
• 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

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus niederhoeferi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723880 on 2015-11-09