Conus tristensis
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| Shell and protoconch of Conus tristensis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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. tristensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus tristensis Petuch, 1987
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus tristensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description[edit]
Original description: "Shell stocky with compressed body, wide across shoulder and tapering rapidly toward anterior end; shoulder sharply angled, slightly carinated; spire low, flattened; body whorl sculptured with 18 prominent, raised spiral cords; spiral cords pustulated; spire whorls sculptured with six incised spiral sulci; shell color pure white with small, scattered pale orange-brown flammules; spire whorls with regularly-spaced, amorphous brown flammules; early whorls pale orange; periostracum thick, with rows of erect hairs that correspond to raised, pustulated cords on body whorl."[2]
The size of the shell varies between 29 mm and 37 mm.
Distribution[edit]
Locus typicus: "Off Tucacas, Carabobo, Golfo de Triste, Venezuela."[3]
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and Venezuela.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus tristensis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429396 on 2015-12-13
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 113. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 113. Publ: CERF
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- 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.
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