Conus brunneus
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| Apertural view of shell of Conus brunneus Wood, 1828, with operculum, measuring 61.7 mm in height, collected at Sayrilita, Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. brunneus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus brunneus Wood, 1828
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Conus brunneus, common name Wood's brown cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 16 mm and 65 mm. The short spire is conical and tuberculate. The color of the shell is chestnut-brown, lineated with chocolate, with sometimes longitudinal white maculations forming a broad central interrupted band, and a few additional maculations on other portions of the surface. The base of the shell is subgranularly striate.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Southwest Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador; and off the Galápagos Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ Tenorio, M.J. (2013). "Conus brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192449A2097207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192449A2097207.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b Conus brunneus Wood, 1828. 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
- 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: 1–23
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Conus brunneus Wood, W., 1828
External links
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- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Stephanoconus brunneus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.