- Source: Conus ventricosus mediterraneus
Conus ventricosus mediterraneus is a subspecies 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.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 63 mm. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, pink-brown or olivaceous ; sometimes
chocolate-brown, very closely nebulously spotted and reticulated ; and sometimes interrupted-lined with chestnut, with a narrow, light band below the middle. The elevated spire is rudely gradate and maculated. The interior of the shell is light chocolate, with a light band.
Distribution
This subspecies occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, but not in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.
Synonyms
References
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.
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
"Lautoconus ventricosus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar spesies Chironomidae
- Conus ventricosus mediterraneus
- Conus ventricosus
- List of Conus species
- Conus desidiosus
- Lautoconus
