Conus quercinus

Conus quercinus
Shell of Conus quercinus Lightfoot, 1786, measuring 47.9 mm in height, trawled at 40 m off Maputa, in Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Subfamily: Coninae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. quercinus
Binomial name
Conus quercinus
[Lightfoot], 1786
Synonyms[1]
  • Calamiconus quercinus Lightfoot, 1786
  • Cleobula albonerosa Garrard, 1966 (a synonym (form) of Conus quercinus Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Conus akabensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 (synonym (colour form) of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus cingulum Gmelin, 1791 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus egregius G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus fulvostriatus Fenaux, 1942 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus hepaticus Kiener, 1845 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus quercinus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus quercinus var. albus Shaw, 1915 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus quercinus var. ponderosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 (synonym of Conus quercinus)
  • Conus seurati Fenaux, 1942 (synonym of Conus quercinus)

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

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.

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Conus quercinus [Lightfoot, 1786].  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215439 on 5 July 2011.

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