Conus hyaena

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Conus hyaena
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Conus hyaena
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. hyaena
Binomial name
Conus hyaena
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Conus (Rhizoconus) hyaenaHwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus hallida Motta, 1983
  • Conus incarnatusReeve, 1844
  • Conus kobeltiLöbbecke & Kobelt, 1882
  • Conus mutabilissensu Chemnitz Reeve, 1844
  • Conus tribunusCrosse, 1865 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus tribunusGmelin, 1791)
  • Conus unicolorG. B. Sowerby II, 1834
  • Phasmoconus halliMotta, A.J. da, 1983
  • Rhizoconus hyaena hyaenaHwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Rhizoconus hyaenaHwass in Bruguière, 1792
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Conus hyaenaHwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792

Conus hyaena, common name the hyena cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2]

Contents

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 80.5 mm. The shell is somewhat swollen above. The spire is striate. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, variegated by darker striations, and faint revolving lines or rows of spots, often indistinctly lighter-banded in the middle. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, in the Bay of Bengal, and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia; in the South China Sea.

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References

  1. ↑ Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757
  2. 1 2 Conus hyaena Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 July 2011.
  3. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 40; 1879 (described as Conus mutabilis)
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