Conus monachus
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| Apertural view of a shell of Conus monachus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. monachus
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Conus monachus, common name the monastic cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 18 mm (0.71 in) and 74 mm (2.9 in). The shell is a little inflated and distantly grooved below. The spire is striate and somewhat convex. The shell is white, longitudinally marbled and flecked with dull blue or purple.[3] It captures its prey by using the "taser-and-tether" (harpoon) strategy. This means it stuns its prey by using venom and extends a proboscis from its rostrum and "hooks" the fish, the same way a harpoon would.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific. It is found in the neritic zone and resides in muddy sand and under rocks.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Duda T (2013). "Supreme Cone Conus monachus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192399A2088081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192399A2088081.en. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ a b Bouchet P (2015). "Conus monachus Linnaeus, 1758". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2015-11-04 – via World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Tryon GW (1884). Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Vol. VI. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences.
- ^ Olivera BM, Seger J, Horvath MP, Fedosov AE (September 2015). "Prey-Capture Strategies of Fish-Hunting Cone Snails: Behavior, Neurobiology and Evolution". Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 86 (1): 58–74. doi:10.1159/000438449. PMC 4621268. PMID 26397110.
- ^ Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2022). "Conus monachus" in SeaLifeBase. April 2022 version.
Further reading
[edit]- Linnaeus C (1758). "Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis" [The system of nature is divided into three kingdoms of nature, based on classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, and places.] (in Latin) (Tenth, reformed. ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentius Salvius. Archived from the original on 2017-06-13.
- Puillandre N, Duda TF, Meyer C, Olivera BM, Bouchet P (February 2015). "One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails". The Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links
[edit]- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Pionoconus monachus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
