Conus mustelinus
| Conus mustelinus | |
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| 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. mustelinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus mustelinus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1] | |
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Conus mustelinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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 107 mm. The low spire is striate, flamed with chocolate and white. The body whorl is yellowish, or orange-brown, encircled by rows of chestnut dots, usually stained chocolate at the base. There is a central white band, with chocolate hierogtyphic markings on either side, and a shoulder band, crossed by chocolate smaller longitudinal markings. The border markings of the bands are reduced to spots. The aperture has a chocolate color with a white band. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian ocean from the Chagos Atoll to Western Australia; in the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Philippines, Eastern Australia and Fiji.
References
- ↑ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conus mustelinus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 40; 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
Gallery
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Conus mustelinus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
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Conus mustelinus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Gastropods.com: Conus mustelinus; accessed: 1 August 2011
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
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