- Conus moluccensis
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Conus moluccensis 
live Conus moluccensis marielae crawling on black coral Antipathes sp. (family Antipathidae) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Subfamily: Coninae Genus: Conus Species: C. moluccensis Binomial name Conus moluccensis
Küster, 1838 [1]Synonyms[2] - Conus grondini Larue, 1995
- Conus merletti Mayissian, 1974
- Conus stainforthii Reeve, 1843
- Fulgiconus moluccensis (Küster, 1838)
Conus moluccensis, common name the Molucca 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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Subspecies
- Conus moluccensis moluccensis Küster, 1838
- Conus moluccensis vappereaui Monteiro, 2009[3]
- Conus moluccensis marielae Rehder & Wilson, 1975 - synomyn of: Conus marielae Rehder & Wilson, 1975[4]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm. The coronated shell is yellowish white, marbled and streaked with chestnut, with minute revolving lines of granules, which are often somewhat articulated red-brown and white. [5]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin[2]
References
- ^ Küster, H. C., 1838. Coneae, oder Conidae, I. Conus, Linne. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, neu herausgegeben und vervollstdndigt von H.C. Küster, 2.
- ^ a b c Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215487 on 31 July 2011.
- ^ Monteiro (2009). Visaya 2(5): 88-90.
- ^ Rehder H. A. & Wilson B. R. (1975). "New Species of Marine Mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1-16. page 14-16. PDF.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 26; 1879
External links
Categories:- Conus
- Animals described in 1838
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