Conus rattus

Conus rattus
Conus rattus
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. rattus
Binomial name
Conus rattus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]

Conus chemnitzii Dillwyn, 1817
Conus rattus var. tahitiensis Dautzenberg, 1933
Conus semivelatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1882
Conus taheitensis Reeve, 1843
Conus tahitiensis Dautzenberg, 1933
Conus taitensis Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792
Conus viridis G. B. Sowerby II, 1857

Conus rattus, common name the rat cone, 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.

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Description

Mean size 12.3 mm. Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,737 meters (0 to -22,103 feet).

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215458 on 27 March 2010.

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