Conus grangeri

Conus grangeri
Original drawing with an apertural view of Conus grangeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. grangeri
Binomial name
Conus grangeri
G. B. Sowerby III, 1900
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Asprella) grangeri G. B. Sowerby III, 1900 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus batheon Sturany, 1904
  • Phasmoconus grangeri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)

Conus grangeri, common name Granger's 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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 31 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Sri Lanka and the Western Pacific; off the Philippines and Australia (the Northern Territory)

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/7/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.