Conus sydneyensis

Conus sydneyensis

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus sydneyensis Sowerby, G.B. III, 1887
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. sydneyensis
Binomial name
*Conus sydneyensis* G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
Synonyms^[1]
Austroconus sydneyensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1887) Conus (Austroconus) sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 · accepted, alternate representation Leptoconus illawarra Garrard, 1961

Conus sydneyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should not be handled at all, except by qualified federal animal control personnel.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 21 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

References

1 2 Conus sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Supplements to the Monograph of Conus and Voluta. Vol. 5 249-279, pls 29-36.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
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

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