Conus nocturnus

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Conus nocturnus
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus nocturnus(Solander in Lightfoot, J., 1786)
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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. nocturnus
Binomial name
Conus nocturnus
sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms [1]
  • Conus (Conus) nocturnus[Lightfoot], 1786 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus deburghiaeG. B. Sowerby II, 1857
  • Conus nocturnusHwass in Bruguière, 1792 (synonym and homonym of Conus nocturnus[Lightfoot], 1786)

Conus nocturnus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1]

Contents

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 45 mm and 86 mm. The pattern of the markings are essentially the same as in Conus marmoreus , but the chocolate-color coalesces into two broad irregular bands within which the triangular white spots appear only occasionally. In Conus deburghiae the surface is sometimes granular in the revolving lines, and the nodules are compressed. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, off Mauritius, Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea.

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