- Conus nimbosus
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Conus nimbosus 
Apertural view of Conus nimbosus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Subfamily: Coninae Genus: Conus Species: C. nimbosus Binomial name Conus nimbosus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]Synonyms[2] - Conus tenellus Holten, 1802
- Conus tenellus Dillwyn, 1817
- Rolaniconus nimbosus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
Conus nimbosus, common name the stormy 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 33 mm and 65 mm. The color of the rather smooth shell is rosy or violaceous white, with two faint chestnut bands, closely encircled by lines of small chocolate dots. The body whorl shows close revolving grooves. The spire is rather flat and has a greyish white apex. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique, Madagascar, the Seychelles, India, and Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean along Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Samoa.
References
- ^ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
- ^ a b Conus nimbosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428219 on 3 August 2011.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 82; 1884
- 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
External links
Categories:- Conus
- Animals described in 1792
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