Conus ventricosus mediterraneus

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Conus ventricosus mediterraneus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
Subspecies:
C. v. mediterraneus
Trinomial name
Conus ventricosus mediterraneus
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms [1]

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A very beach-worn shell of Conus ventricosus mediterraneus. Conus mediterraneus 0031.JPG
A very beach-worn shell of Conus ventricosus mediterraneus.

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

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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 an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 63 mm. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, pink-brown or olivaceous ; sometimes chocolate-brown, very closely nebulously spotted and reticulated ; and sometimes interrupted-lined with chestnut, with a narrow, light band below the middle. The elevated spire is rudely gradate and maculated. The interior of the shell is light chocolate, with a light band. [2]

Distribution

This subspecies occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, but not in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

Synonyms

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References

  1. 1 2 Conus ventricosus mediterraneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 2 November July 2009.
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchyology vol. VI, p. 66; 1879.