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Conus abbreviatus

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus abbreviatus

| image =Conus abbreviatus 1.jpg

| image2 =Conus abbreviatus 2.jpg

| image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus abbreviatus Reeve, L.A., 1843

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Duda, T. |date=2013 |title=Conus abbreviatus |volume=2013 |page=e.T192568A2118154 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192568A2118154.en |access-date=2 April 2024}}

| authority = Reeve, 1843

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| synonyms =

  • Conus (Virroconus) abbreviatus Reeve, 1843 accepted, alternate representation
  • Miliariconus abbreviatus (Reeve, 1843)

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Conus abbreviatus, common name Abbreviated cone snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|426286|Conus abbreviatus Reeve, 1843||20 March 2010}}

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.

Description

The shell of this species has spots which are more distant from one another and somewhat more regularly disposed than in Conus miliaris.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Hawaiian Islands.

40 feet depth, on coral sand.

Ecology

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.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.Tryon G. W. (1884). Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Volume 6. Conidae, Pleurotomidae. page [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch06tryorich#page/22/mode/1up/ 22]. [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch06tryorich#page/423/mode/1up Plate 5], figure 89. (There is a wrong authority of this species in the reference.)

{{Reflist}}

  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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]

External links

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  • [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/recordview/record.php?ID=5ll&tabs=21111111&frms=1&res=&pglimit=A Conus abbreviatus Reeve, 1843 at the Conus Biodiversity website]
  • [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea]
  • [http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_564.shtml Gastropods.com: Conus abbreviatus; retrieved: 19 >January 2012]

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abbreviatus

Category:Gastropods described in 1843

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