''Conasprella geeraertsi'' is a species of
sea snail
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, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the
family Conidae
Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea.
The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, groups onl ...
, the
cone snails
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, cone shells or cones.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Conasprella geeraertsi (Poppe & Tagaro, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338141 on 2020-09-07]
This snail is
predatory and
venomous and is capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs off the
Philippines.
References
* Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2017). ''New Conidae from the central Philippines''. Visaya. 4(6): 5-18. page(s): 9, pl. 4
* Poppe G.T. (2019). ''About the Conidae from the Mactan Channel and related species.'' Visaya. 5(2): 49-53.
geeraertsi
Gastropods described in 2017
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