Conus colombianus | |
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Shell and protoconch of Conus colombianus (holotype 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. colombianus
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Binomial name | |
Conus colombianus Petuch, 1987
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Conus colombianus 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.
Original description: "Shell small for genus, stocky, broad across shoulder; spire low, flattened; shoulder sharp-angled; body whorl smooth, with 10 small spiral cords around the anterior end; spire with 4 spiral threads; shell pale yellow with 4 closely-spaced brown lines around body whorl just below (anterior of) mid-body; brown flammules and white blotches run through 4 lines and extend over anterior tip; body whorl above (posterior of) mid-body line without markings or pattern; spire marked with large, evenly-spaced orange-tan flammules; spire flammules extend onto sharp edge of shoulder, giving shoulder checkered appearance; interior of aperture white."
[2]
The size of the shell varies between 22.5 mm and 57 mm.
Locus typicus: "Off Islas del Rosario, Colombia."
[3]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia.
Conus colombianus | |
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Shell and protoconch of Conus colombianus (holotype 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. colombianus
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Binomial name | |
Conus colombianus Petuch, 1987
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Conus colombianus 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.
Original description: "Shell small for genus, stocky, broad across shoulder; spire low, flattened; shoulder sharp-angled; body whorl smooth, with 10 small spiral cords around the anterior end; spire with 4 spiral threads; shell pale yellow with 4 closely-spaced brown lines around body whorl just below (anterior of) mid-body; brown flammules and white blotches run through 4 lines and extend over anterior tip; body whorl above (posterior of) mid-body line without markings or pattern; spire marked with large, evenly-spaced orange-tan flammules; spire flammules extend onto sharp edge of shoulder, giving shoulder checkered appearance; interior of aperture white."
[2]
The size of the shell varies between 22.5 mm and 57 mm.
Locus typicus: "Off Islas del Rosario, Colombia."
[3]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia.