Conus abbreviatus
| Conus abbreviatus | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus abbreviatus Reeve, L.A., 1843 | |
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| 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. abbreviatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus abbreviatus Reeve, 1843 | |
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Conus abbreviatus 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.
Description
The shell of this species has spots which are more distant from one another and somewhat more regularly disposed than in Conus miliaris.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands.[2]
Ecology
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.
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus abbreviatus Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 March 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tryon G. W. (1884). Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Volume 6. Conidae, Pleurotomidae. page 22. Plate 5, figure 89. (There is a wrong authority of this species in the reference.)
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- 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.
External links
- Conus abbreviatus Reeve, 1843 at the Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Conus abbreviatus; retreieved: 19 >January 2012
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