Conus glans | |
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Four shells of the Acorn cone, Conus glans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. glans
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Binomial name | |
Conus glans Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Conus glans, common name the acorn cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 65 mm. The shell is encircled throughout with coarse or fine striae, which are sometimes granular; violaceous or brown, with a few lighter spots on the spire, and usually a light irregular band below the middle of the body whorl. The aperture is violaceous. [2]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the tropical West Pacific; off India; off Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).
Conus glans | |
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Four shells of the Acorn cone, Conus glans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. glans
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Binomial name | |
Conus glans Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Conus glans, common name the acorn cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 65 mm. The shell is encircled throughout with coarse or fine striae, which are sometimes granular; violaceous or brown, with a few lighter spots on the spire, and usually a light irregular band below the middle of the body whorl. The aperture is violaceous. [2]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin; in the tropical West Pacific; off India; off Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).