Conus gigasulcatus

Conus gigasulcatus
Conus gigasulcatus
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. gigasulcatus
Binomial name
Conus gigasulcatus
Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Asprella gigasulcata (Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008)

Conus gigasulcatus 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 28 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji and Vanuatu

References

  1. ^ Moolenbeek, R. G., Rockel, D., and Bouchet, P., 2008. New records and new species of cones from deeper water off Fiji (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae). Vita Malacologica, 6: 35 -49
  2. ^ a b Conus gigasulcatus Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428422 on 24 July 2011.
  • 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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