Conus fergusoni

Conus fergusoni
Apertural view of shell of Conus fergusoni G.B.Sowerby III, 1873, with operculum, measuring 65.3 mm in height, collected at low tide at Venudo Island, in Panama.
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. fergusoni
Binomial name
Conus fergusoni
G. B. Sowerby III, 1873 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus consanguineus E. A. Smith, 1880
  • Conus fulvocinctus Crosse, 1872
  • Pyruconus fergusoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1873
Specimen of Conus fergusoni with periostracum still intact.

Conus fergusoni, common name the Ferguson's cone, 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 size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 150 mm. The heavy shell has a slightly channeled spire. The white shell is lightly striolate transversely and is covered under a brown epidermis.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Islands and the from the Sea of Cortez to Peru.

References

  1. ↑ Sowerby (iii), G. B. III, 1873. Descriptions of five new Cones. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 145 -146
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conus fergusoni G. B. Sowerby II, 1873.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 July 2011.
  3. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 15; 1879

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