Conus eugrammatus

Conus eugrammatus
Conus eugrammatus
Conus eugrammatus
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. eugrammatus
Binomial name
Conus eugrammatus
Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus lapulapui da Motta & Martin, 1982
  • Conus nasui Ninomiya, 1974
  • Conus nereis Petuch, 1979
  • Conasprella eugrammata Bartsch & Rehder, 1943

Conus eugrammatus, common name the eugrammatus 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.

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 21 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii, from Japan to the Philippines, along Queensland, Australia and in the Indian Ocean along KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and probably Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ Bartsch, P., and Rehder, H. A., 1943. New cones from the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 56: 85 -88
  2. ^ a b Conus eugrammatus Bartsch & Rehder, 1943.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426490 on 20 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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