Conus flammeacolor

{{short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus flammeacolor

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Petuch, E. |date=2013 |title=Conus flammeacolor |volume=2013 |page=e.T192425A2092954|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192425A2092954.en |access-date=9 May 2024}}

| authority = Petuch, 1992

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  • Conus (Dauciconus) flammeacolor Petuch, 1992 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Dauciconus flammeacolor (Petuch, 1992)
  • Poremskiconus flammeacolor (Petuch, 1992)

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Conus flammeacolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|426500|Conus flammeacolor Petuch, 1992||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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras and Panama.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 26 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776}}.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 20 m. Maximum recorded depth is 55 m.

References

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  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 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]