Conus purus
Conus purus | |
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus purus Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. purus
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Binomial name | |
Conus purus Pease, 1863
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus purus 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[edit]
The size of the shell varies between 44 mm and 68 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Hawaii.
Gallery[edit]
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Conus purus Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011
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Conus purus Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011
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Conus purus Tucker, Tenorio & Chaney, 2011
References[edit]
- ^ a b WoRMS. "Conus purus Pease, 1863". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
Further reading[edit]
- Tucker J.K., Tenorio M.J. & Chaney H.W. (2011) A revision of the status of several conoid taxa from the Hawaiian Islands: Description of Darioconus levieni n. sp., Pionoconus striatus oahuensis n. ssp. and Harmoniconus paukstisi n. sp. (Gastropoda, Conidae). In: Severns M., Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells: 501-514. Conchbooks, Hackenheim.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
External links[edit]
- Jiménez-Tenorio, A Revision of the Status of Several Conoid Taxa from the Hawaiian Islands
- Sowerby, G. B. III. (1874). Descriptions of twelve new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1873: 718–722, pl. 59.
- Kiener, L.C. (1844-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lin.), pp. 1-379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1-48 (1846); 49-160 (1847); 161-192 (1848); 193-240 (1849); 241-[379 (assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2-3, 5, 7-32, 34-36, 38, 40-50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51-52, 54-56, 57-68, 74-77 (1846); 1, 69-73, 78-103 (1847); 104-106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108-111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière]
- Johnson R.I. (1994). Types of shelled Indo-Pacific mollusks described by William Harper Pease. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 154(1): 1-61
- 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
- Pease, W. H. (1863). Description of new species of marine shells from the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1862): 278-280, pl. 11
- "Darioconus leviteni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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