Conus colmani

Conus colmani
Conus colmani
Apertural view of Conus colmani
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. colmani
Binomial name
Conus colmani
Röckel & Korn, 1990 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Asprella colmani (Röckel & Korn, 1990)

Conus colmani 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 35 mm and 52 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found along Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. ^ Röckel, D., and Korn, W., 1990. Zur Identiät von Conus lizardensis Crosse, 1865 und Conus sibogae Schepman, 1913 - mit Beschreibung dreier neuer Conus-Arten von Queensland, Australien (Mollusca: Conidae). Acta Conchyliorum, 2: 5 -22
  2. ^ a b Conus colmani Röckel & Korn, 1990.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426461 on 17 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
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.

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