Conus dalli

Conus dalli
Apertural view of Conus dalli
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. dalli
Binomial name
Conus dalli Stearns, 1873 [1]
Synonyms[2]
Conus gillei Jousseaume, F.P., 1884 Cylinder dalli Stearns, 1873 Cylindrus gillei Jousseaume, 1884

Conus dalli, common name Dall's cone, 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.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 80 mm.

The spire is indistinctly grooved. The body whorl is obscurely spirally ribbed below. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with reddish brown longitudinal stripes, interrupted by four revolving bands of white spots, and occasional white spots on the darker surface. The interior of the aperture is rosy pink. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific along the Galapagos Islands, and the Sea of Cortez to Panama.

References

1. ^ Stearns, R. E. C., 1873. Descriptions of New Marine Mollusks from the West Coast of North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 5 (pt. 1 ): 78 -82
2. ^ ^{a b} Conus dalli Stearns, 1873.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426472 on 18 July 2011.
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 91; 1879

• 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.

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website