Conus virgatus, common name the virgate Panama cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| shell of Conus virgatus, specimen at the Smithsonian Institution | |
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. virgatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus virgatus Reeve, 1849
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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 35 mm and 70 mm. The rather narrow shell is pinkish white, continuously but irregularly longitudinally strigate with chestnut.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico to North Peru.
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Conus virgatus Reeve, L.A., 1849 -
Conus virgatus Reeve, L.A., 1849 -
Conus virgatus Reeve, L.A., 1849
References
edit- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus virgatus.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Dauciconus virgatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.