Conus dalli

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Conus dalli
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Apertural view of shell of Conus dalliStearns, 1873, measuring 53.3 mm in height, collected in the Bay of Chiriqui, Panama.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. dalli
Binomial name
Conus dalli
Stearns, 1873 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Conus (Cylinder) dalliStearns, 1873 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus gilleiJousseaume, F.P., 1884
  • Cylinder dalli(Stearns, 1873)
  • Cylindrus gilleiJousseaume, 1884

Conus dalli, common name Dall's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [3]

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.

Not to be confused with † Conus dalliToula, 1911 which is, according to Fossilworks, a synonym of † Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911 [4] [5]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 80 mm.

The spire is indistinctly grooved. The body whorl is obscurely spirally ribbed below. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with reddish brown longitudinal stripes, interrupted by four revolving bands of white spots, and occasional white spots on the darker surface. The interior of the aperture is rosy pink. [6]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific off the Galapagos Islands, and the Gulf of California to Panama. Type locality: Islas Marias, Golfo de California. [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Tenorio, M.J. (2013). "Conus dalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192542A2112294. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192542A2112294.en . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Stearns, R. E. C., 1873. Descriptions of New Marine Mollusks from the West Coast of North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 5 (pt. 1 ): 78 -82
  3. 1 2 Conus dalli Stearns, 1873. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Fossilworks: Conus imitator
  5. ↑ Maury, Carlotta Joaquina. ... Santo Domingo Type Sections and Fossils. No. 29-30. Harris Company, Cornell University, 1917.
  6. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 91; 1879
  7. ↑ Tenorio M.J., Tucker J.K. & Chaney H.W. (2012). The Families Conilithidae and Conidae. The Cones of the Eastern Pacific. In: Poppe G.T. & Groh K. (eds): A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 112 pp., 88 pls.

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