Conus shikamai

Conus shikamai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Conus shikamai
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus shikamai Coomans, H.E., R.G.Moolenbeek & E.Wils, 1985
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. shikamai
Binomial name
Conus shikamai Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1985
Synonyms
Conus (Splinoconus) shikamai Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1985 · accepted, alternate representation Conus clandestinus Shikama, 1979 (nomen nudum) Conus clandestinus purpuratus Shikama, 1979 (Invalid: junior homonym of Conus purpuratus (Röding, 1798); Conus shikamai is a replacement name) Kioconus shikamai (Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1985) Splinoconus shikamai (Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1985)

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

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

• Coomans, H. E., Moolenbeek, R. G., and Wils, E., 1985. Alphabetical revision of the (sub)species in recent Conidae 7. cingulatus to cylindraceus, including Conus shikamai nomen novum. Basteria, 48 (6 ): 223–311
• 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

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Splinoconus shikamai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.