Conus floridulus
Conus floridulus 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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| Five views of a shell of the granulose form of Conus floridulus Adams, A. & Reeve, L.A., 1848 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. floridulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus floridulus A. Adams & 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 22 mm and 59 mm. The rosy white shell shows two continuous bands of irregular longitudinal light chestnut blotches. The base is violet-tinted.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the Gulf of Papua.
References
- Conus floridulus A. Adams & 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 voluminalis var. floridulus)
- Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
- 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
- "Lividoconus floridulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Gallery
Conus floridulus Adams, A. & Reeve, L.A., 1848
Conus floridulus Adams, A. & Reeve, L.A., 1848
Conus floridulus Adams, A. & Reeve, L.A., 1848 (juv.)
Conus floridulus Adams, A. & Reeve, L.A., 1848, granulose form
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