Conus tiaratus, common name the tiara cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their relatives.[1]
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| shell of Conus tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 | |
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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. tiaratus
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| Conus tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
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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 15 mm and 39 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern Mexico to Peru; off the Galapagos Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b Conus tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. 1939. Smithson. Misc. Collns. 98 (10): 1, plate 1, figure 4,7.
- Petit, R. E. (2009). "George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1.
- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus tiaratus.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Miliariconus tiaratus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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