Conus brunneus

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Conus brunneus
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Apertural view of shell of Conus brunneusWood, 1828, with operculum, measuring 61.7 mm in height, collected at Sayrilita, Mexico
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. brunneus
Binomial name
Conus brunneus
Wood, 1828
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Stephanoconus) brunneusWood, 1828 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus interruptusWood, 1828
  • Stephanoconus brunneus(W. Wood, 1828)

Conus brunneus, common name Wood's brown cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2]

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 16 mm and 65 mm. The short spire is conical and tuberculate. The color of the shell is chestnut-brown, lineated with chocolate, with sometimes longitudinal white maculations forming a broad central interrupted band, and a few additional maculations on other portions of the surface. The base of the shell is subgranularly striate. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Southwest Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador; and off the Galápagos Islands.

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References

  1. ↑ Tenorio, M.J. (2013). "Conus brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192449A2097207. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192449A2097207.en . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 Conus brunneus Wood, 1828. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 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
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