Conus orbignyi

Conus orbignyi
Conus orbignyi
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. orbignyi
Binomial name
Conus orbignyi
Audouin, 1831
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus orbignyi aratus Kilburn, 1973
  • Conus orbignyi coriolisi Röckel, Richard, & Moolenbeek, 1995
  • Conus planicostatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833

Conus orbignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

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.

There is one subspecies : Conus orbignyi elokismenos Kilburn, 1975 (invalid synonym : Conus orbignyi aratus Kilburn, 1973 ). [2]This subspecies is considered a species in the World Register of Marine Species as Conus elokismenos Kilburn, 1975 [3]

Contents

Description

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Indo-Pacific.

References

  1. ^ a b Conus orbignyi Audouin, 1831.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428225 on 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ Kilburn, R. N., 1975. Substitute name for Conus orbignyi aratus Kilburn, nom preocc.. The Nautilus: A Quarterly Devoted to Malacology, 89 (2 ).
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Conus elokismenos Kilburn, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574504 on 2011-07-19
  • Puillandre N., Meyer C.P., Bouchet P. & Olivera B.M. (2011) Genetic divergence and geographic variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea). Zoologica Scripta 40(4): 350-363
  • 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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