Conus straturatus

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Conus straturatus
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Drawing of a shell of Conus straturatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. straturatus
Binomial name
Conus straturatus
G. B. Sowerby II, 1865
Synonyms [1]
  • Asprella straturatus(G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) straturatusG. B. Sowerby II, 1865 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus albospiraE. A. Smith, 1880

Conus straturatus 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 29 mm and 39 mm. The shell shows interrupted longitudinal chestnut markings forming bands upon an ash-blue ground. The moderate spire is smooth. The body whorl is encircled below by distant grooves. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus straturatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1865. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429912 on 2015-12-05
  2. ↑ 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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