Conus lineopunctatus

Conus lineopunctatus
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lineopunctatus Motta, A.J. da, 1991
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. lineopunctatus
Binomial name
	Conus lineopunctatus; Kaicher, 1977
Synonyms
	Africonus lineopunctatus "Trovão, H." Kaicher, S.D., 1977; Conus (Lautoconus) lineopunctatus Kaicher, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus guttatus Kiener, 1848 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Cucullus guttatus Röding, 1798; Conus neoguttatus is a replacement name); Conus neoguttatus da Motta, 1991; Varioconus lineopunctatus (Kaicher, 1977); Varioconus neoguttatus (da Motta, 1991;

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

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

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