Conus echo

Conus echo
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. echo
Binomial name
Conus echo Lauer, 1989
Synonyms [2]
Conus (Darioconus) echoLauer, 1989 · accepted, alternate representation Conus pennaceus echoLauer, 1988 Conus pennaceus f. echoMaccà, 1988 (unavailable name: established as a form) Darioconus echo (Lauer, 1989)

Conus echo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. ^[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 38 mm and 69 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References

1. Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus echo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T192450A2097402. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192450A2097402.en . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus echo. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751875 on 2015-09-15

• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
• Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• "Darioconus echo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• INaturalist: image