Biology:Conus urashimanus
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Short description: Species of sea snail
Conus urashimanus | |
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Three views of a shell of Conus urashimanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. urashimanus
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Binomial name | |
Conus urashimanus Kuroda & Itô, 1961
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus urashimanus, common name the Urashima cone, 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
The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 80 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs of the Philippines and Japan .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus urashimanus Kuroda & Itô, 1961. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429058 on 2015-12-18
- 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. PMID 26300576.
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Kioconus recluzianus var. urashimanus
Wikidata ☰ Q19795547 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus urashimanus.
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