Conus brunneus
Conus brunneus, common name Wood's brown cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Apertural view of shell of Conus brunneus Wood, 1828, with operculum, measuring 61.7 mm in height, collected at Sayrilita, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. brunneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus brunneus Wood, 1828 | |
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Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans; therefore, live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 16 mm and 65 mm. The short spire is conical and tuberculate. The color of the shell is chestnut-brown, lineated with chocolate, with sometimes longitudinal white maculations forming a broad central interrupted band, and a few additional maculations on other portions of the surface. The base of the shell is subgranularly striate.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Southwest Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador; and off the Galápagos Islands.
References
- 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: 1–23
Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828
Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828
Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828
Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Stephanoconus brunneus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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