Conus lienardi
| Conus lienardi | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus lienardi Bernardi, M. & Crosse, H., 1861 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. lienardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus lienardi Bernardi et Crosse, 1861 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Conus lienardi or Lienard's cone is a species of sophisticated predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
Conus lienardi Bernardi, M. & Crosse, H., 1861, showing variability of the species.
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
This is an Indo-Pacific species.
Shell description
This species of cone snail has an orange and white patterned shell.
References
- ↑ Conus lienardi Bernardi, M. & Crosse, H., 1861. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 October 2011.
- Sowerby, G.B. Jr. (1881). Descriptions of eight new species of shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1881): 635-639
- 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 4th 2009 Edition
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
External links
- Conus lienardi image - a picture of the shell that this snail produces.
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea