Conus kinoshitai

Conus kinoshitai
Conus kinoshitai
Apertural view of Conus kinoshitai
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. kinoshitai
Binomial name
Conus kinoshitai
(Kuroda, 1956) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Asprella kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956)
  • Chelyconus kinoshitai Kuroda, 1956
  • Conus brontodes Shikama, 1979
  • Conus (Strioconus) brontodes Shikama, T., 1979
  • Conus kinoshitai f. calliginosus Shikama, 1979
  • Conus (Embrikena) kinoshitai "calliginosus" Shikama, T., 1979
  • Conus tamikoae Shikama, 1973

Conus kinoshitai, common name Kinoshita's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

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 40 mm and 94 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the South China Sea and in the Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to the Solomons. There are also records in the Indian Ocean from Mozambique, Madagascar, and Réunion.

References

  1. ^ Kuroda, T., 1956. New species of the Conidae (Gastropoda). Venus, 19 (1 ): 1 -16
  2. ^ a b Conus kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1956).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429066 on 27 March 2010.
  • 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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