Conus lamberti

Conus lamberti
Drawing of a shell of Conus lamberti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. lamberti
Binomial name
Conus lamberti
Souverbie, 1877
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Darioconus) lamberti Souverbie, 1877 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Darioconus lamberti (Souverbie, 1877)

Conus lamberti 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 70 mm and 114 mm. The smooth shell is orange-brown, with large subtriangular white patches, mostly arranged so as to indicate three broad bands. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia

References

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