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Conus darkini

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus darkini

| image = Conus darkini 1.jpg

| image_caption = Two views of a shell of Conus darkini

| authority = Petuch, 1987

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bouchet, P. |date=2013 |title=Conus darkini |volume=2013 |page=e.T192508A2106526|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192508A2106526.en |access-date=25 April 2024}}

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  • Conus (Embrikena) darkini Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Embrikena darkini (Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993)
  • Profundiconus darkini (Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993)
  • Turriconus (Kurodaconus) darkini (Röckel, Korn & Richard, 1993)

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Conus darkini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|426475|Conus darkini Röckel, Korn, & Richard, 1993||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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 87 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.

References

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  • Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Richard, G., 1993. Conus darkini n. sp.. La Conchiglia 267: 48–49
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • Monnier E., Limpalaër L., Robin A. & Roux C. (2018). A taxonomic iconography of living Conidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 2 vols. 1205 pp.page(s): 347
  • [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=0|id=4990|title=Profundiconus darkini|access-date=15 January 2019}}
  • [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-2568?listIndex=76&listCount=5567 Holotype in MNHN, Paris]

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darkini

Category:Gastropods described in 1993

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