Conus ammiralis

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Conus ammiralis
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A shell of Conus ammiralisLinnaeus, C., 1758
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. ammiralis
Binomial name
Conus ammiralis
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Cylinder) ammiralisLinnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus ammiralis pseudocedonulliBlainville, 1818
  • Conus ammiralis var. archithalassusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus ammiralis var. australisDautzenberg, 1937
  • Conus ammiralis var. coronatusGmelin, 1791
  • Conus ammiralis var. crebrimaculataDautzenberg, 1937
  • Conus ammiralis var. donovaniDautzenberg, 1937
  • Conus ammiralis var. extraordinariusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus ammiralis var. larvatusGmelin, 1791
  • Conus ammiralis var. occidentalisLinnaeus, 1758
  • Conus ammiralis var. ordinariusLinnaeus, 1758
  • Conus ammiralis var. palinurusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus ammiralis var. personatusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus ammiralis var. polyzonusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus ammiralis var. summusLinnaeus, 1758
  • Conus ammiralis var. trifasciataSpalowsky, 1795
  • Conus architalassusLightfoot, 1786
  • Conus blainvilliiVignard, 1829
  • Conus hereditariusda Motta, 1987
  • Conus textile var. abbreviataDautzenberg, 1937
  • Conus vicariusLinnaeus, 1767
  • Conus vicariusLamarck, 1810 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus vicariusLinnaeus, 1767; Conus textile var. abbreviataDautzenberg, 1937, is a replacement name)
  • Cucullus granulatusRöding, 1798
  • Cucullus imperialisRöding, 1798
  • Cucullus petreusRöding, 1798
  • Cucullus princepsRöding, 1798
  • Cucullus summusRöding, 1798
  • Leptoconus ammiralisLinnaeus, 1758
  • Leptoconus ammiralis temnesIredale, 1930
  • Leptoconus temnesIredale, 1930

Conus ammiralis, common name the admiral cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2]

Contents

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 35 mm and 109 mm. The color is the shell is chestnut with darker revolving lines, and upper, basal and one or two approximate bands, finely reticulated with yellow on a white ground. This pattern is overlaid with large, irregularly disposed triangular white spots. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Mascarenes; in the Indo-West Pacific off Fiji, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vanuatu and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

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References

  1. Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus ammiralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192383A2084967. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192383A2084967.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 March 2010.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences