Conus spiceri
| Conus spiceri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. spiceri |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus spiceri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 152 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and Midway.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus spiceri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596937 on 2015-11-30
- Bartsch & Rehder (1943), New cones from the Hawaiian Islands; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v.56, 1943
- Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
- 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: 1-23
External links
| External identifiers for Conus spiceri | |
|---|---|
| WoRMS | 596937 |
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Virgiconus coelinae spiceri
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