Conus exiguus
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus exiguus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. exiguus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810
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Conus exiguus, common name Cabrit's cone, is a species of sea snail: a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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 14 mm and 54 mm. The violaceous shell is more or less marbled with chestnut, and more or less granular on the body whorl. The convex spire convex is conical and tuberculated. The aperture is violaceous.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Samoa and Vietnam.
References
- ^ a b Conus exiguus Lamarck, 1810. 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 plumbeus)
- Bernardi, A. B., 1859. Description d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 7: 377–378
- Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J., 1995. Manual of the living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific region. Hemmen: 517 pp
- 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
Gallery
Below are several color forms:
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Conus exiguus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810 -
Conus exiguus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810 -
Conus exiguus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
External links
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Fulgiconus exiguus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Holotype in MNHN, Paris
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