Conus vanvilstereni explained

Conus vanvilstereni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 43 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Sulu Sea, Philippines

Bibliography

• Robert Moolenbeek and Arnold Zandbergen, Kioconus vanvilstereni, a new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Conidae); Miscellanea Malacologia 6(3)
• 10.1093/mollus/eyu055 . 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 . 1–23. 4541476. 26300576.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus vanvilstereni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746880 on 2015-12-18