Conus vezoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Conus vezoi

Description

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs off Madagascar

References

Notes

Sources

Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp. Bozzetti L. (2013) Darioconus pennaceus pseudoecho (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Conidae) new subspecies from southern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 78: 9-10 Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24 Monnier E., Tenorio M.J., Bouchet P. & Puillandre N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar “Deep South”: composition, endemism and new taxa. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 25-75 Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24.

Conus vezoi

External links

Specimen in MNHN, Paris

Holotype in MNHN, Paris

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Gastropods described in 2000

Conus vezoi