Conus purissimus

Conus purissimus
	Two views of a shell of Conus purissimus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. purissimus
Binomial name
	Conus purissimus; Filmer, 2011
Synonyms[1]
	Conus (Splinoconus) purissimus Filmer, 2011 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus lacteus Lamarck, 1810 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Cucullus lacteus Röding, 1798; Conus purissimus is a replacement name); Asprella purissimus (Filmer, 2011) (alternative representation); Graphiconus purissimus (Filmer, 2011);

Conus purissimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

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 25 mm and 48 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia.

References

Conus purissimus Filmer, 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 July 2011.
Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae) - Part I. Visaya 3(2): 23-85, at p. 33. [July 2011]

Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae) - Part I. Visaya 3(2): 23–85.
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

Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae) - Part I. Visaya 3(2): 23–85, at p. 33. [July 2011]
The Conus Biodiversity website
"Graphiconus purissimus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Conus purissimus Filmer, 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 July 2011.

[2] Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae) - Part I. Visaya 3(2): 23-85, at p. 33. [July 2011]