Conus_cinereus

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Conus cinereus

Species of sea snail

Conus cinereus, common name the sunburnt cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[3]

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Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

The species Conus cinereus Schröter, 1803 is a nomen dubium.

Conus cinereus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 57 mm. The shell is cylindrically ovate, with a moderate, smooth spire. The body whorl is encircled below by distant grooves. The shell is clouded with olivaceous, ashy blue and chestnut-brown, with revolving lines articulated of chestnut and white spots. The brown-stained aperture is wider at its base than at its shoulder. Conus bernardii is a color variant. The color of its shell is fulvous chestnut, with a few scattered white spots and chestnut revolving lines.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Indonesia.

References

  1. [1]
    Duda, T. (2013). "Conus cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192708A2146380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192708A2146380.en. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
  3. [3]
    Conus cinereus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 July 2011.
  4. [4]
    George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 58; 1879
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