Conus spectrum, common name the spectre cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

Conus spectrum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. spectrum
Binomial name
Conus spectrum
Synonyms[2]
  • Asprella spectrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Conus felinus Link, 1807
  • Conus filamentosus Reeve, 1849
  • Conus inflatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1833 (nomen dubium)
  • Conus stillatus Reeve, 1849
  • Conus verreauxii Kiener, 1846
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) spectrum Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Cucullus carota Röding, 1798
  • Graphiconus spectrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Textilia spectrum Habe, 1964

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

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The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 76 mm. The thin shell is cylindrically turbinated and somewhat inflated. The lower part of the body whorl shows distant revolving grooves. The color of the shell is white, variously painted with chestnut longitudinal irregular streaks, usually forming three broad series or bands.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar. It also occurs off Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and Queensland, Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Duda, T. (2013). "Conus spectrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192647A2134297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192647A2134297.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Conus spectrum Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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