Conus salreiensis

Conus salreiensis
Conus salreiensis
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. salreiensis
Binomial name
Conus salreiensis
Rolán (Mosquera), 1980

Conus salreiensis 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

Shell conical, with rounded shoulder and short spire. Dark brown on the spire and the base; the rest of the last whorl bears several spiral bands varying from light brown to yellowish. Under magnification it is possible to see numerous axial thin brown lines. Shell up to 25 mm.[2]

Distribution

Known only from the northwest of Boavista Island, Cape Verde, where it is an endemic species, living in shallow waters. Due to the small range there is a high risk of extinction.[2]

References

  1. ^ Conus salreiensis Rolán (Mosquera), 1980.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225042 on 27 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna from the Cape Verde Archipelago. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 455 pp., ISBN 3-325319-73-2.

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