Conus tiaratus

Conus tiaratus
shell of Conus tiaratusG. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. tiaratus
Binomial name
Conus tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Synonyms [1]
Conus (Virroconus) tiaratusG. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation Conus rooseveltiBartsch & Rehder, 1939 Miliariconus tiaratus(G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)

Conus tiaratus, common name the tiara cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their relatives. ^[1]

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 15 mm and 39 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern Mexico to Peru; off the Galapagos Islands.

References

1. Conus tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.

• Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. 1939. Smithson. Misc. Collns. 98 (10): 1, plate 1, figure 4,7.
• Petit, R. E. (2009). "George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1.
• 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC   4541476 . PMID   26300576.

External links

holotype of the synonym Conus roosevelti

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Miliariconus tiaratus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.