Profundiconus smirna

Profundiconus smirna, common name the Smirna cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

Profundiconus smirna
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch, P. & H.A. Rehder, 1943)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Profundiconus
Species:
P. smirna
Binomial name
Profundiconus smirna
(Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
Synonyms[1]

Conus smirna Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 (original combination)

Like all species within the genus Profundiconus, these cone 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 39 mm and 98 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Japan; off Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand.

References
Profundiconus smirna, holotype at the Smithsonian Institution
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581038 on 2015-03-29
  2. 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
  • Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. 1943. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 56: 87.
  • Kosuge S. (1979) Description of a new and rare cones from the Western Pacific (Conidae, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(2): 21–22, pl. 4. [30 November 1979] page(s): 21, pl. 4 fig. 10
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.

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  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
  • "Profundiconus smirna". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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