Conus ichinoseana

Conus ichinoseana
Conus ichinoseana
Apertural view of Conus ichinoseana
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. ichinoseana
Binomial name
Conus ichinoseana
(Kuroda, 1956) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Asprella ichinoseana Kuroda, 1956
  • Asprella prioris Kuroda, 1956
  • Conus prioris Kuroda, T., 1956
  • Yeddoconus ichinoseana (Kuroda, T., 1956)

Conus ichinoseana, common name the ichinose 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 50 mm and 105 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to Japan, along Northwest Australia and New Caledonia; in the South China Sea along Vietnam.

References

  1. ^ Kuroda, T., 1956. New species of the Conidae (Gastropoda). Venus, 19 (1 ): 1 -16
  2. ^ a b Conus ichinoseana (Kuroda, 1956).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430461 on 26 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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