Conus caillaudi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
| Conus caillaudi | |
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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. caillaudi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus caillaudi Kiener, 1845
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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
editThe size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 55 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs at Cargados Carajos in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and off Réunion.
References
edit- ^ Veldsman, S.G. (2013). "Conus caillaudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192289A2066275. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192289A2066275.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b Conus caillaudi Kiener, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016 Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
- 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
edit- The Conus Biodiversity website
- See image at Gastropods.com Kioconus caillaudi
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