Conus telatus
Conus telatus, common name the Philippine 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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. telatus |
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| Conus telatus Reeve, 1848 | |
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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 45 mm and 100 mm. Its appearance is almost similar to Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 but the triangular reticulations are much finer than in the type. The usual three bands are each divided into two, with narrow intervening spaces.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Southern Philippines.
References
- Conus telatus Reeve, 1848. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus textile var. telatus)
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition.
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
- Poppe G.T., Monnier E. & Tagaro S.P. (2012) New Conidae from the central Philippines. Visaya 3(5): 47–56. [March 2012]
- 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 telatus Reeve, L.A., 1848
Conus telatus Reeve, L.A., 1848
Conus telatus Reeve, L.A., 1848
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Cylinder telatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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