Conus echo

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus echo

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| authority =Lauer, 1989

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Raybaudi-Massilia, G. |date=2013 |title=Conus echo |volume=2013 |page=e.T192450A2097402|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192450A2097402.en |access-date=29 April 2024}}

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  • Conus (Darioconus) echo Lauer, 1989 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus pennaceus echo Lauer, 1988
  • Conus pennaceus f. echo Maccà, 1988 (unavailable name: established as a form)
  • Darioconus echo (Lauer, 1989)

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Conus echo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus echo. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751875 on 2015-09-15

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 69 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References

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  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • [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]