Conus dominicanus

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Conus dominicanus
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Two views of a shell of Conus dominicanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. dominicanus
Binomial name
Conus dominicanus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms [1]
  • Conus (Stephanoconus) dominicanusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus cedonulli dominicanusHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus cedonulli var. dominicanusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (original rank)
  • Tenorioconus dominicanus(Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Conus dominicanus, common name the Antilles cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [1]

Contents

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 57 mm. The spire is concavely elevated, tuberculate and closely striate. It is nebulously painted with orange-brown, chestnut or chocolate and white, the latter forming usually an interrupted and irregular central band, besides being miscellaneously disposed on other parts of the surface. It is encircled by close narrow brown lines, which are sometimes slightly raised. [2]

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Grenada; Grenadines.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus dominicanus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430330 on 2015-09-14
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences, described as Conus nebulosus Solander
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