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Conus corallinus

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus corallinus

| image = Conus corallinus 1.jpg

| image2 = Conus corallinus 2.jpg

| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus corallinus Kiener, L.C., 1845

| authority = Kiener, 1845

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Kohn, A. |date=2013 |title=Conus corallinus |volume=2013 |page=e.T192416A2090903|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192416A2090903.en |access-date=25 April 2024}}

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  • Conus (Splinoconus) corallinus Kiener, 1847 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Isoconus corallinus (Kiener, 1847)
  • Leporiconus corallinus (Kiener, 1847)

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Conus corallinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|426464|Conus corallinus Kiener, 1845||27 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 or not at all.

File:Conus corallinus 3.jpg

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 37.5 mm.

The shell is normally pale grey to pink, but may have flecks of orange and brown.[https://ummz-mollusks-conus.apps.gnosis.lsa.umich.edu/recordview/record.php?ID=729l116l97179l181lll&tabs=21101011&pglimit=&offset=&res=&srt=&sql2= University of Michigan website, Conus corallinus Kiener, 1847]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Philippines, off Okinawa, Japan and New Caledonia.

References

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016 Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière]
  • [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/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
  • [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=5049|title=Leporiconus corallinus|access-date=15 January 2019}}

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corallinus

Category:Gastropods described in 1845

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