- Source: Conus trochulus
Conus trochulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their relatives.
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 18 mm and 50 mm. The shell is white, with usually a violet tinge. The interior of the aperture is light violet.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the islands of Boa Vista and Maio, Cape Verde. It is listed as near threatened by the IUCN.
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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links
Tenorio M.J., Abalde S., Pardos-Blas J.R. & Zardoya R. (2020). "Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation". European Journal of Taxonomy. 663: 57.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
"Trovaoconus trochulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Conus trochulus
- List of Conus species
- Trovaoconus
- List of near threatened molluscs
- List of data deficient molluscs
- List of near threatened invertebrates
- List of least concern molluscs
- List of endangered molluscs
- List of endangered invertebrates
- Africonus
