Conus tristensis

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Conus tristensis
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Shell and protoconch of Conus tristensis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. tristensis
Binomial name
Conus tristensis
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms [1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) tristensisPetuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Gradiconus tristensis(Petuch, 1987)
  • Conasprelloides cancellatus var. tristensisPetuch, 1987

Conus tristensis 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

Original description: "Shell stocky with compressed body, wide across shoulder and tapering rapidly toward anterior end; shoulder sharply angled, slightly carinated; spire low, flattened; body whorl sculptured with 18 prominent, raised spiral cords; spiral cords pustulated; spire whorls sculptured with six incised spiral sulci; shell color pure white with small, scattered pale orange-brown flammules; spire whorls with regularly-spaced, amorphous brown flammules; early whorls pale orange; periostracum thick, with rows of erect hairs that correspond to raised, pustulated cords on body whorl." [2]

The size of the shell varies between 29 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Tucacas, Carabobo, Golfo de Triste, Venezuela." [3]

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and Venezuela.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus tristensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429396 on 2015-12-13
  2. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 113. Publ: CERF
  3. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 113. Publ: CERF


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