Conus alexandrei

Species of sea snail

Conus alexandrei
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. alexandrei
Binomial name
Conus alexandrei
(Limpalaër & Monnier, 2012)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) alexandrei (Limpalaër & Monnier, 2012) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Phasmoconus alexandrei Limpalaër & Monnier, 2012 (original combination)

Conus alexandrei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Fiji and Vanuatu

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus alexandrei (Limpalaër & Monnier, 2012). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723878 on 2015-06-27
  • Limpalaër L. & Monnier E. (2012) Phasmoconus alexandrei (Gastropoda: Conidae), a new species from the western Pacific. Visaya 3(5): 21–27.
  • 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
  • "Phasmoconus alexandrei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Conus alexandrei
Phasmoconus alexandrei


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