Conus melvilli

Conus melvilli
Conus melvilli
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. melvilli
Binomial name
Conus melvilli
G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus boschi Clover, 1972
  • Conus pusio G. B. Sowerby II, 1834

Conus melvilli 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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; Oman to Persian Gulf; probably also in Maldives

References

  1. ^ Sowerby (iii), G. B. III, 1878. Descriptions of ten new Species of Shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 795 -798
  2. ^ a b Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428205 on 13 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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