Conus muriculatus
| Conus muriculatus | |
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| Apertural view of Conus muriculatus | |
| 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. muriculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus muriculatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Conus muriculatus, common name the muricate 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 15 mm and 50 mm. The solid shell has straight sides, and a short conical spire. The shoulder is sharply angulated and tuberculated. The body whorl is strongly striate towards the base, encircled throughout with lines of granules. The color of the shell is white, violet-tinged towards the base, with two light chestnut or yellowish brown, broad, irregular and somewhat indistinct bands. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin to Western Australia; in the Pacific Ocean from Japan to New Caledonia, Fiji, and French Polynesia.
References
- ↑ Sowerby (ii), G. B. Jr., 1833. The Conchological Illustrations.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conus muriculatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 26; 1879
- 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
Gallery
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Conus muriculatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
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Conus muriculatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1833
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Gastropods.com: Lividoconus muriculatus; accessed: 1 August 2011
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
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