Conus ngocngai
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| Conus ngocngai | |
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| File:Conus ngocngai 001.jpg | |
| Shell of Conus ngocngai (holotype in 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. ngocngai
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus ngocngai Thach, 2017
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Conus ngocngai 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 length of the shell attains 83 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Vietnam.
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Conus ngocngai Thach, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026650 on 2018-03-21
- Thach N.N. (2017). New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails. 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp. page(s): 27, figs 261-263