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Conus quiquandoni

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ1609039 ↗
Source-derived summary

Conus quiquandoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 68 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Balut Island, the Philippines.

References

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?

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The public source identifies “Conus quiquandoni” as species of mollusc. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Conus, quiquandoni and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Conus, quiquandoni and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1609039. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2009 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Conus quiquandoni” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.