Conus isabelarum
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus isabelarum Tenorio, M.J. & C.M.L. Afonso, 2004
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. isabelarum
Binomial name
Conus isabelarum Tenorio & Afonso, 2004
Synonyms
Africonus isabelarum (Tenorio & Afonso, 2004) Conus (Lautoconus) isabelarum Tenorio & Afonso, 2004 · accepted, alternate representation

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

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans. Which means they should be handled with caution or should not be handled with at all

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 30 mm. The color of the shell is a coffee brown with while splashes

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

Notes

Bibliography

• Tenorio M.J. & Afonso C.M.L. (2004) Description of four new species of Conus from the Cape Verde Islands (Gastropoda, Conidae). Visaya 1(2): 24–37
• Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
• 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

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Africonus isabelarum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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