Conus cuvieri

Conus cuvieri
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus cuvieri Crosse, H., 1858
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. cuvieri
Binomial name
Conus cuvieri
Crosse, 1858
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Gastridium) cuvieri Crosse, 1858 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus cervus sensu G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 (misidentification)
  • Conus deshayesii Reeve, 1843 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus deshaysesii Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841; C. exdeshayesi is a replacement name)
  • Conus exdeshayesi Sacco, 1893
  • Chelyconus exdeshayesii Sacco, F., 1893
  • Gastridium cuvieri (Crosse, 1858)

Conus cuvieri, common name Cuvier's cone, 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.

Conus cuvieri Crosse, H., 1858

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 51 mm. The thin shell is cylindrically inflated and, thin. It has a pale fawn color, with a few large white blotches, especially about the middle, and numerous close revolving lines of chestnut spots.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the southern part of the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden.

References

  1. 1 2 Conus cuvieri Crosse, 1858.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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