Conus verdensis

Conus verdensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2][3]

Conus verdensis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus verdensis Trovco, H., 1979
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. verdensis
Binomial name
Conus verdensis Trovão, 1979
Synonyms[2]
Africonus verdensis (Trovão, 1979) Africonus verdensis verdensis (Trovão, 1979) Conus nelsontiagoi (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014) Conus verdensis verdensis Trovão, 1979 Conus (Lautoconus) verdensis Trovão, 1979 - accepted, alternate representation

Like all species within the genus Conus, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

The subspecies Conus verdensis furnae Rolán, 1990 has been raised to the status of species as Conus furnae Rolán, 1990.^[4][5]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.^[1]