Conus betulinus

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conus_betulinus_Linnaeus_native_to_the_South_China_Sea.JPGConusbetulinus ScientificclassificationKingdom:Animalia Phylum:MolluscaClass:GastropodaClade:CaenogastropodaClade:HypsogastropodaClade:NeogastropodaSuperfamily:ConoideaFamily:ConidaeGenus:Conus Species:C.betulinus BinomialnameConusbetulinusLinnaeus,1758 SynonymsCleobulabetulina(Linnaeus,1758)Conus(Dendroconus)betulinusLinnaeus,1758·accepted,alternaterepresentationConusbetulinusrufoluteusBozzetti&Ferrario,2005Conusbetulinusvar.alternansDautzenberg,1937Conusbetulinusvar.immaculataDautzenberg,1906Conusbetulinusvar.medusaGmelin,1791Conusbetulinusvar.paucimaculataDautzenberg,1937Conusbetulinusvar.plurizonataDautzenberg,1937Conusbetulinusvar.scriptaDautzenberg,1937Conusbetulinusvar.tabulataDautzenberg,1937ConusdeprehendensPrelle,2009ConuszuluPetuch,1979CuculluslacteusRöding,1798CucullusmedusaeRöding,1798CucullustigrisRöding,1798Dendroconusbetulinus(Linnaeus,1758)GastridiumbetulinusSalvat,B.&Rives,C.1975 Conus betulinus, common name the betuline cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 170 mm. The color of the shell is yellow or orange-brown, with revolving series of spots, and short lines of chocolate upon narrow white bands. The spire is radiated with chocolate. The base of the shell is strongly grooved. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

Also off Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia.

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