Conus cedonulli
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Conus cedonulli is a species of sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Conidae, the cone snails
and their allies.
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.
There has been much confusion in the course of years about which species and subspecies to assign to the Conus cedonulli-complex. The color of the species in this complex is white to purplish grey. The shell is crossed by streaks that are alternately light and dark. Between these streaks yellow, brown or dark dots occur. The operculum
is small compared to the aperture and is only one seventh its size. The soft body of the animal is red.
D.L.N. Vink assigns the following species to the Conus cedonulli-complex along with Conus cedonulli :
to Trinidad
, along the Lesser Antilles
and along the Bahamas.
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Conidae, the cone snails
Conus
Conus is a large genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, with the common names of cone snails, cone shells or cones. This genus is placed in the subfamily Coninae within the family Conidae. Geologically speaking, the genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent ...
and their allies.
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 an adult shell varies between 38 mm and 78 mm.There has been much confusion in the course of years about which species and subspecies to assign to the Conus cedonulli-complex. The color of the species in this complex is white to purplish grey. The shell is crossed by streaks that are alternately light and dark. Between these streaks yellow, brown or dark dots occur. The operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
is small compared to the aperture and is only one seventh its size. The soft body of the animal is red.
D.L.N. Vink assigns the following species to the Conus cedonulli-complex along with Conus cedonulli :
- Conus aurantiusConus aurantiusConus aurantius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.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...
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 - Conus insularis Gmelin, 1791 : now synonym of Conus aurantius Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
- Conus mappa sensu Lightfoot, 1786
- Conus sanctaemarthae spec. nov. : now synonym of Conus mappa sensu Lightfoot, 1786
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea from ColombiaColombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
to Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
, along the Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America...
and along the Bahamas.