Conus aureopunctatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2] These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Conus aureopunctatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. aureopunctatus
Binomial name
Conus aureopunctatus
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[2]
  • Conasprella aureopunctatus Petuch, 1987
  • Conus (Dauciconus) aureopunctatus Petuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Gradiconus aureopunctatus (Petuch, 1987)

Description

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Original description: "Shell small for genus, turnip-shaped, with wide body whorl and prominent constriction around anterior one-third, producing distinct anterior canal; shell shiny, polished; shoulder sharply carinated, with bladelike carina; spire elevated, scalariform; anterior third of shell ornamented with 10 thick, raised, spiral cords, each separated from others by deeply-incised sulci; base color of shell white; smooth portion of body whorl with 4 rows of pale yellow-orange dots; spiral cords on anterior end marked with yellow-orange dots; spire whorls smooth, with numerous crescent-shaped orange flammules; interior of aperture white; periostracum brown, thick, and smooth."[3] The size of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

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Locus typicus: Erroneously stated as "Gulf of Venezuela, off Punto Fijo, Falcon state, Venezuela"- but now corrected to Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduran-Nicaraguan border

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea
off Nicaragua and Venezuela

References

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  1. ^ Petuch, E. (2013). "Conus aureopunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192784A2160983. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192784A2160983.en. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus aureopunctatus Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429313 on 2015-07-18
  3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 110. Publ: CERF
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