- Source: Conus gilvus
Conus gilvus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
The epithet "gilvus" is a Latin word meaning "pale yellow".
Description
The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 38 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and off Indonesia.
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
External links
World Register of Marine Species
"Lividoconus gilvus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar spesies Asilidae
- Conus gilvus
- List of Conus species
- Phasmoconus
- List of least concern molluscs
- Uloborus
- List of Uloboridae species
