Conus diadema

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Conus diadema
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Apertural view of shell of Conus diademaG.B. Sowerby I, 1834, measuring 44.5 mm in height, collected at 20 ft. off west side of Ceralbo Island, in 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. diadema
Binomial name
Conus diadema
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Lividoconus) diademaG. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus prytanisG. B. Sowerby III, 1882
  • Lividoconus diadema(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

Conus diadema, common name the diadem 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 25 mm and 60 mm. The short spire is conical and tuberculate. The color of the shell is uniformly 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]

Conus diadema Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834 Conus diadema 1.jpg
Conus diademaSowerby, G.B. I, 1834
Conus diadema Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834 Conus diadema 2.jpg
Conus diademaSowerby, G.B. I, 1834

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico to Panama; off the Galápagos Islands.

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References

  1. ↑ Tenorio, M.J. (2013). "Conus diadema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T192361A2080118. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192361A2080118.en . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 Conus diadema G. B. Sowerby II, 1834. 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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