Conus pulcher

Conus pulcher
Conus pulcher
A shell of Conus pulcher.
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. pulcher
Binomial name
Conus pulcher
[Lightfoot], 1786
Synonyms[1]

Conus archithalassius Link, 1807
Conus bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 (May)
Conus breviculus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833
Conus fluctifer Dillwyn, 1817
Conus grandis G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
Conus leoninus Gmelin, 1791
Conus nicolii Wilson, 1831
Conus papilionaceus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Conus paulina Kiener, 1845
Conus prometheus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Cucullus achatinus Röding, 1798
Cucullus indiae Röding, 1798

Conus pulcher 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.

A Shell of albinistic and of regular colour, both with periostracum.

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Conus pulcher [Lightfoot, 1786].  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224308 on 27 March 2010.

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