Conus capitaneus
| Conus capitaneus | |
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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. capitaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Conus capitaneus, common name the captain cone, 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 size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 98 mm. Its low spire is striate, flamed with chocolate and white. The body whorl is yellowish, or orange-brown, encircled by rows of chestnut dots, usually stained chocolate at the base. There is a central white band, with chocolate hierogtyphic markings on either side, and a shoulder-band, crossed by chocolate smaller longitudinal markings. The aperture is white.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; and in the Indo-West Pacific (along Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Japan to Australia),
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Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, C., 1758
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Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, C., 1758
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Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, C., 1758
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Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, C., 1758
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus capitaneus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 40; 1879
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- 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
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
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