Conus figulinus
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| Apertural view of a shell of Conus figulinus | |
| 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. figulinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus figulinus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Conus figulinus, common name the fig cone, is a cone snail, 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 30 mm and 135 mm. The shell has a chestnut color, encircled by numerous, unbroken, narrow chocolate lines. The spire is chocolate-colored. The body whorl is occasionally narrowly light-banded in the middle.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conus figulinus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 July 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 16; 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
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
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Conus figulinus Linnaeus, C., 1758
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Conus figulinus Linnaeus, C., 1758
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Conus figulinus Linnaeus, C., 1758
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Possible hybrid between the two species. C. figulinus x glaucus
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