Conus cacao

Conus cacao
Conus cacao
Apertural view of Conus cacao
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. cacao
Binomial name
Conus cacao
Ferrario, 1983 [1]
Synonyms

Lautoconus cacao Ferrario, M., 1983

Conus cacao is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

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.

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 22 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal, and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ Ferrario, M., 1983. La Piu' Grande Enciclopedia delle Conchiglie di Tutto Il Mondo, 1
  2. ^ Conus cacao Ferrario, 1983.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224291 on 13 July 2011.
  • 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

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