Conus circumcisus
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| Five views of a shell of Conus circumcisus Born, I. von, 1778 | |
| 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. circumcisus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus circumcisus Born, 1778 [1]  Conus circumcisus Born, I. von, 1778  Conus circumcisus Born, I. von, 1778  Conus circumcisus Born, I. von, 1778  Conus circumcisus Born, I. von, 1778 | |
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Conus circumcisus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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 thin shell is striated throughout. The color of the shell is yellowish or violaceous white, clouded.with chestnut, with distant revolving series of chestnut spots and short lines, most conspicuous on two irregular lighter bands.[3]
The shell of Conus brazieri G. B. Sowerby III, 1881 is rather solid, with revolving striae throughout. Its color is whitish, tinged with pale rose-pink, with two broad, light yellowish brown bands, sprinkled here and there with a few very minute brown spots. The spire is conspicuously marked with dark brown blotches.[4]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Moluccas, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
References
- ↑ Born, I. von, 1778. Index Rerum Naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars Prima, Testacea.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conus circumcisus Born, 1778. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 July 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 81 (described as Conus circumcisus)
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VI, p. 81 (described as Conus brazieri)
- 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.
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