Biology:Conus abrolhosensis
| Conus abrolhosensis | |
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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. abrolhosensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus abrolhosensis Petuch, 1987
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Conus abrolhosensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, biconic in shape, spire elevated; body whorl shiny, polished, sculptured with numerous raised spiral cords; spiral cords become stronger at anterior end; shoulder sharp-angled, carinated; carina coronated on spire, with coronations becoming less developed and obsolete on final half of the body whorl; aperture narrow, shell color variable, ranging from orange (holotype) to white and blue-purple; holotype with scattered white patches around mid-body and anterior tip; spire whorls of holotype dark orange with evenly-spaced, oval-shaped white flammules around edge of periphery; on white and purple specimens, spire dark brown, with same pattern of evenly-spaced white flammules; protoconch large, mamillate; periostracum thin, translucent, smooth, with row of small tufts along shoulder carina and spire carina
that correspond to shoulder carinations."[2]
The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Off Parcel das Paredes, Abrolhos Archipelago,
Bahia State, Brazil."[3]
This marine species of Cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea
and off the Abrolhos Archipelago, Eastern Brasil.
Etymology
"Named for the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex,
Bahia State, Brazil - the type locality."[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus abrolhosensis Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429226 on 2015-06-24
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 142. Publ: CERF
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 142. Publ: CERF
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 143. Publ: CERF
- Coltro, J. Jr. 2004. New species of Conidae from northeastern Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Strombus 11: 1-16
- 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. PMID 26300576.
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Poremskiconus abrolhosensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_10051.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q9860189 entry
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