Conus ferrugineus
| Conus ferrugineus | |
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| Apertural view of Conus ferrugineus | |
| 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. ferrugineus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1] | |
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Conus ferrugineus 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 40 mm and 80 mm. The thin shell has a depressed carinate and striate spire, which is yellowish, maculated with brown. The body whorl is striated below, yellowish, with two series of longitudinal forked and irregular dark brown markings, interrupted in the middle and at the base. There are traces of distant narrow brown revolving lines. The aperture is white.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to the Marquesas islands, along Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 July 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 50 (described as Conus chenui)
- 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. 4 September 2009 Edition
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Gastropods.com: Vituliconus ferrugineus; accessed: 21 July 2011
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
Gallery
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Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
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Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
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Conus ferrugineus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
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