Conus pica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2][3]
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| Two views of a shell of Conus pica | |
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. pica
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus pica A. Adams & Reeve, 1848
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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 23 mm and 52 mm. Its appearance closely resembles Conus spectrum and was therefore considered by G.W. Tryon a synonym of this species.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines, Northeast Borneo and Northeast Indonesia.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Conus pica A. Adams & Reeve, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429900 on 2012-01-21
- ^ Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- ^ Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae) - Part I. Visaya 3(2): 23-85. (July 2011)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus pica.
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Graphiconus pica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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