Conus abbreviatus

Conus abbreviatus
Conus abbreviatus
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. abbreviatus
Binomial name
Conus abbreviatus
Reeve, 1843

Conus abbreviatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

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Description

The shell of this species has spots which are more distant from one another and somewhat more regularly disposed than in Conus miliaris.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands.[2]

Ecology

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.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [2].

  1. ^ Conus abbreviatus Reeve, 1843.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426286 on 20 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Tryon G. W. (1884). Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Volume 6. Conidae, Pleurotomidae. page 22. Plate 5, figure 89. (There is a wrong authority of this species in the reference.)

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