Conus alexandrinus

Species of sea snail

Conus alexandrinus

Shell and protoconch of Conus alexandrinus (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. alexandrinus
Binomial name
*Conus alexandrinus* Kaicher, 1977
Synonyms^[1]
Africonus musivus (Trovão, 1978) Conus (Lautoconus) alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation Conus musivus Trovão, 1975 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus musivum G.B. Sowerby I, 1833; Conus tevesi is a replacement name) Conus tevesi Trovão, 1978 Varioconus alexandrinus (Kaicher, 1977) Varioconus tevesi (Trovão, 1978)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 34 mm.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus alexandrinus Kaicher, 1977. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429284 on 2015-06-27

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Rolán E. & Röckel D. 2000. The endemic Conus of Angola. Argonauta 13(2): 5-44, 150 figs.
Rosenberg, G. & Petit, R. E. 2003. Kaicher's Card Catalogue of World-Wide Shells: A collation, with discussion of species named therein. Nautilus. 117 (4): 99-120.
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