Conus gladiator
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus gladiator
| image = Gladioconus gladiator.JPG
| image_caption = Apertural view of shell of Conus gladiator Broderip, 1833
| authority = Broderip & Sowerby, 1833Broderip, W. J., and Sowerby (i), G. B. Sr., 1833. Genus Conus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1833: 52 -55
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|428134|Conus gladiator Broderip, 1833||24 July 2011}}
| synonyms =
- Conus (Monteiroconus) gladiator Broderip, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus cibielii Kiener, 1849
- Conus evelynae G. B. Sowerby III, 1882
- Conus gloynei G. B. Sowerby III, 1881
- Gladioconus gladiator (Broderip, 1833)
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Conus gladiator, common name the gladiator cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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 an adult shell varies between 26 mm and 48 mm. The spire is rather depressed, tuberculate and striate. The color of the shell is chocolate-brown, variegated with white, disposed in longitudinal streaks, with an irregular white band, and more or less distinct revolving lines of darker brown. The interior is white or tinged with chocolate. The epidermis is fibrous.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 28-29; 1879
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and from the Gulf of California to Peru.
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.
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
- 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]
External links
- [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]
- [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=642|title=Gladioconus gladiator|access-date=24 July 2011}}
- [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea]
Gallery
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File:Conus gladiator 1.jpg|Conus gladiator Broderip, W.J., 1833
File:Conus gladiator 2.jpg|Conus gladiator Broderip, W.J., 1833
File:Conus gladiator 3.jpg|Conus gladiator Broderip, W.J., 1833
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