Conus zebroides, common name, the Quaga cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, known as the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[3]
Conus zebroides | |
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus zebroides Kiener, L.C., 1849 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. zebroides
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Binomial name | |
Conus zebroides | |
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The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 51 mm. The shell is yellowish brown, longitudinally, irregularly striped with chestnut, extending over the spire.[4]