Conus mus, common name the mouse 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 mus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792 | |
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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. mus
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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.
Distribution
editThis shallow-water species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico;
in the Western Atlantic from North Carolina, USA and the Bermudas to Venezuela
including the Eastern Caribbean island chain, and Barbados.
Description
editThe maximum recorded shell length is 43.5 mm.[2] The shell has a tuberculated spire. The body whorl is covered by narrow, raised revolving striae. Its color is ash-white, longitudinally streaked and maculated with chestnut. The tubercles of the spire are white, and there is usually a white band below the middle of the body whorl. The aperture is chestnut-colored, with a central white band.[3]
Rarely, giant specimens of 50–60 mm. are known, but these are far from normal.
Habitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Conus mus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1: 345–757. Panckoucke: Paris.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 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
Gallery
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Conus mus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792 -
Conus mus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792 -
Conus mus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
External links
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- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Gladioconus mus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.