Conus mercator, common name the trader cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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| Conus mercator Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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. mercator
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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 20 mm and 55 mm. The shell is yellowish or ash-gray, often faintly longitudinally lined with chestnut, with a broad band at the shoulder and a narrower one at the middle, of white closely reticulated with chestnut.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.
References
edit- ^ Monnier, E. (2012). "Conus mercator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192497A2104168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192497A2104168.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b Conus mercator Linnaeus, 1975. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp Archived 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- 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
editBelow are several color forms:
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Conus mercator Linnaeus, C., 1758
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus mercator.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Lautoconus mercator mercator". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.