- Source: Conus sahlbergi
Conus sahlbergi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Bahamas.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 19 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 3 m. Maximum recorded depth is 12 m.
References
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
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
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
"Purpuriconus sahlbergi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Conus sahlbergi
- List of Conus species
- Purpuriconus
- List of least concern molluscs
- List of data deficient invertebrates
