Conus granulatus

Conus granulatus
Conus granulatus
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. granulatus
Binomial name
Conus granulatus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]

Conus granulatus var. espinosai Sarasua, 1977
Conus laetus Gmelin, 1791
Conus leehmani da Motta & Röckel, 1979
Conus roseus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
Conus verulosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Cucullus antillarum Röding, 1798

Conus granulatus 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.

Distribution

Western Atlantic -at depths to 50 metres.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 64.1 mm.[2]
Shell fragments are known that would suggest a maximum size around 77 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 30 m.[2]
At Barbados, the species seems to prefer offshore banking reefs where the water is clean, clear and well oxygenated
although in past times it appears to have inhabited much shallower waters close to shore, before environmental degradation.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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