Conus martinianus
Conus martinianus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. martinianus |
Binomial name | |
Conus martinianus Reeve, 1844 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus martinianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell attains 50 mm. The spire can have a regular conical shape or convex and contains 12 whorls with rather deep, punctulated striae. The smooth body whorl is obtuse at its summit and shows a small number of grooves at its base. The aperture is narrow and becomes almost imperceptibly wider at its anterior extremity, ending in a rather deep indentation. its color is uniform dark brown to lighter brown, interrupted in older specimens by narrow, longitudinal white bands. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and off the Solomon Islands.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus martinianus Reeve, 1844. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429877 on 2015-10-30
- ↑ Lamarck, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres t.11 (1845) (in French)
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
External links
External identifiers for Conus martinianus | |
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WoRMS | 429877 |
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Phasmoconus martinianus