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Conus fulmen

Species of sea snail

Conus fulmen, common name the thunderbolt 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, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies from 45 mm and 80 mm.

The shell is somewhat elongately ovate, smooth and slightly grooved towards the base. The color of the shell is pale rose-purple, white round the middle ; longitudinally marked with two or three very prominent, broad, waved, purple-brown streaks. The spire is obtusely convex, variegated with purple-brown. The apex is rose-tinted.[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam and South Japan to the Ryukyus

References

  1. [1]
    Duda, T. (2013). "Conus fulmen". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192835A2170510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192835A2170510.en. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. [2]
    Reeve, L. A., 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i: figures and descriptions of the shells of molluscs; with remarks on their affinities, synonymy, and geographical distribution, 1. Conus
  3. [3]
    Conus fulmen Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 July 2011.
  4. [4]
    George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 65; 1879
  • Conus fulmen Reeve, L.A., 1843
  • Conus fulmen Reeve, L.A., 1843
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