Conus abrolhosensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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| Shell of Conus abrolhosensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. abrolhosensis
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| Conus abrolhosensis Petuch, 1987
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
edit(Original description) The shell is relatively small for its genus. it has a biconic shape and an elevated spire. The body whorl is shiny and polished, featuring numerous raised spiral cords that become more pronounced toward the anterior end. The shoulder is sharply angled and carinated, with a coronated carina on the spire; these coronations are prominent on the early whorls but gradually diminish and become nearly obsolete on the final half of the body whorl.
The aperture is narrow. The shell’s color varies, ranging from orange (as seen in the holotype) to shades of white and blue-purple. The holotype displays scattered white patches around the mid-body and anterior tip. Its spire whorls are dark orange with evenly spaced, oval-shaped white flammules along the periphery. In white and purple specimens, the spire is dark brown but retains the same pattern of evenly spaced white flammules.
The protoconch is large and mamillate. The periostracum is thin, translucent, and smooth, featuring a row of small tufts along the shoulder carina and spire carina, aligned with the shoulder coronations. [2]
The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "Off Parcel das Paredes, Abrolhos Archipelago,
Bahia State, Brazil."[3]
This marine species of Cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea
and off the Abrolhos Archipelago, Eastern Brasil.
Etymology
edit"Named for the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex,
Bahia State, Brazil - the type locality."[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus abrolhosensis Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429226 on 2015-06-24
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 142. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 142. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 143. Publ: CERF
- Coltro, J. Jr. 2004. New species of Conidae from northeastern Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Strombus 11: 1-16
- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links
edit- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Poremskiconus abrolhosensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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