Conus solidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1] It is predatory, venomous and capable of stinging humans. Shell length varies between 36 mm and 67 mm. It occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela, Trinidad and Barbados
Conus solidus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. solidus
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Binomial name | |
Conus solidus Gmelin, 1791
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References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus solidus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430340 on 2015-11-29
- 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
edit- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Tenorioconus mappa mappa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.