Conus berdulinus

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Conus berdulinus
File:Conus berdulinus 1.jpg
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus berdulinus Veillard, M., 1972
File:Conus berdulinus 2.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. berdulinus
Binomial name
Conus berdulinus
Veillard, 1972
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Virgiconus) berdulinus Veillard, 1972 accepted, alternate representation
  • Virgiconus berdulinus (Veillard, 1972)
Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Conus berdulinus 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 48 mm and 100 mm.

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

File:Conus berdulinus 3.jpg
A shell of Conus berdulinus

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Natal, South Africa to Mozambique and the Mascarenes, Somalia; off Southern Oman and Southern India; in the Pacific Ocean off Midway and Hawaii; in the South China Sea and off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Conus berdulinus Veillard, 1972.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

External links



<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>