Conus norpothi

Conus norpothi
	Shell of Conus norpothi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. norpothi
Binomial name
	Conus norpothi; Lorenz, 2015
Synonyms
	Conus (Floraconus) norpothi Lorenz, 2015; Conus (Sciteconus) algoensis norpothi Lorenz, 2015; Conus algoensis norpothi Lorenz, 2015 (original rank); Floraconus norpothi (Lorenz, 2015);

Conus norpothi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 35.3 mm.

^[2]Taxonomy: Conus algoensis norpothi is classified as a subspecies of the Conus algoensis species.
Family: The species belongs to the family Conidae, which includes cone snails and their allies.
Predatory and venomous: Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous.
Alternative representation: It can also be represented as Conus (Sciteconus) algoensis norpothi Lorenz, 2015.
Genus Conus: The genus Conus is a group of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.

This marine species occurs off Cape Agulhas, South Africa.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Conus norpothi Lorenz, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1303220 on 2018-12-28
^ Kapil, Sasha; Hendriksen, Stephen; Cooper, Jeffrey S. (2025), "Cone Snail Toxicity", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 29262115, retrieved 2025-03-21

Lorenz F. , 2015. Conus (Sciteconus) algoensis norpothi n. ssp., a new subspecies from Cape Agulhas, South Africa (Gastropoda: Conidae). Conchylia 45(1-3): 51-54