Conus jickelii, common name Jickeli's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus jickelii Weinkauff, H.C., 1873 | |
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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. jickelii
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus jickelii Weinkauff, 1873
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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 33 mm and 51 mm. The white shell shows chocolate, irregular, longitudinal markings, and quadrangular spots in revolving series.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden.
References
edit- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- 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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus jickelii.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Phasmoconus jickelii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.