Conus stupella
| Conus stupella | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus stupella Kuroda, T., 1956 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. stupella
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus stupella (Kuroda, 1956)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus stupella, commonly named the stupella cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Like many other cone snails, Conus stupella uses a venom-loaded harpoon-like radular tooth to immobilise its prey, and though there are no specific records of human injury from this species, the general danger posed by cone-snail venom means specimens should always be treated as potentially harmful.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 54 mm and 98 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam
References
- ^ a b Conus stupella (Kuroda, 1956). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ Kohn, Alan J. (27 December 2018). "Conus Envenomation of Humans: In Fact and Fiction". Toxins. 11 (1): 10. doi:10.3390/toxins11010010. ISSN 2072-6651. PMC 6356772. PMID 30591658.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.page(s): 345
- 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: 1–23
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus stupella.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Kurodaconus stupella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.