Conus zeylanicus

Conus zeylanicus
Puncticulis zeylanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Subfamily: Coninae
Genus: Puncticulis zeylanicus
Species: P. zeylanicus
Binomial name
Puncticulis zeylanicus
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]

Conus ceylonicus Reeve, 1849
Conus ceylonicus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
Conus obesus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Conus undulatus Lightfoot, 1786
Cucullus meningeus Röding, 1798
Cucullus theobroma Röding, 1798

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

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 zeylanicus Gmelin, 1791.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215502 on 27 March 2010.

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