Conus venezuelanus
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus venezuelanus Petuch, E.J., 1987 | |
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. venezuelanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus venezuelanus Petuch, 1987
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Conus venezuelanus 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.
Description
[edit]Original description: "Shell elongated, tapered, with sharp-angled shoulder; spire elevated, concave along sides; body whorl heavily sculptured with numerous fine spiral threads and sulci; spire whorls sculptured with 3 spiral cords; color white to pale salmon-pink, with 2 bands of dark yellow maculations around mid-body; spire marked with scattered small, brown, crescent-shaped flammules; interior of aperture white; periostracum thin, smooth, translucent yellow."[2]
The maximum recorded shell length is 27 mm.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Locus typicus: "Off Puerto Cabello,
Golfo de Triste, Venezuela."[4]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela.
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 25 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 25 m.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Conus venezuelanus Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, pages 113, 114. Publ: CERF
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 113. Publ: CERF
- Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
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- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Conasprelloides venezuelanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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