Conus tinianus

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

Conus alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
Conus aurora Lamarck, 1810
Conus fulvus G. B. Sowerby III, 1889
Conus kieneri Crosse, 1858
Conus kraussi Turton, 1932
Conus lavendulus Bartsch, 1915
Conus lavendulus approximata Turton, 1932
Conus loveni Krauss, 1848
Conus rosaceus Dillwyn, 1817
Conus secutor Crosse, 1865
Conus tenuis G. B. Sowerby II, 1833

Conus tinianus, common name the variable 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

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Conus tinianus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225473 on 27 March 2010.

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