Conus venulatus, common name the Cape Verde 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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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus venulatus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792 | |
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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. venulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus venulatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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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 27 mm and 55 mm. The color of the shell varies from light chestnut to dark chocolate, with indistinct darker revolving lines, irregularly marbled throughout with white. The spire and lower part of the body whorl are striate.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands.[2]
Gallery
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Conus venulatus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
References
edit- ^ Tenorio, M.J. (2012). "Conus venulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192455A2098106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192455A2098106.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Conus venulatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1810. Description des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 15: 263–292
- Kohn, A.J. (1981). "Type specimens and identity of the described species of Conus VI. The species described 1801–1810". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71 (3): 279–341. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01134.x.
- 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
edit- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Trovaoconus venulatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Holotype in MNHN, Paris
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