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Conus infinitus

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus infinitus

| image = Conus infinitus 1.jpg

| image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus infinitus Rolán, 1990

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Tenorio, M.J. |date=2012 |title=Conus infinitus |volume=2012 |page=e.T192571A2118557 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192571A2118557.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| authority = Rolán, 1990Rolán, E., 1990. Descripcion de Nuevas Especies y Subespecies del Genero Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) para el Archipelago de Cabo Verde. Iberus: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Malocologia, Suppl. 2: 5 -70

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

  • Africonus infinitus (Rolán, 1990)
  • Conus (Lautoconus) infinitus Rolán, 1990 – accepted, alternate representation

| display_parents = 3

}}

File:Conus infinitus 2.jpg of Conus infinitus Rolán, 1990, showing variation in the species.]]

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Conus infinitus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|224898|Conus infinitus Rolán, 1990||26 July 2011}}

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 15 mm and 25 mm. It is long with a wide top and a protruding spiral. The shell is greenish-grey with brown spots.{{Cite book |last=Sociedad Española de Malacología. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111990 |title=Iberus : revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología |last2=Malacología |first2=Sociedad Española de |date=1988 |publisher=La Sociedad |volume=Suppl.1-3 (1988-1997) |location=Barcelona}}

The core of juvenile shells is yellow.

The animal is slightly redish-grey, with a gradually darker siphon. Juveniles are lighter.

The animal has 41 teeth.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the island of Maio, Cape Verde.

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. September 4, 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

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  • [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=11642|title=Africonus infinitus|access-date=26 July 2011}}
  • http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea

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infinitus

Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde

Category:Gastropods described in 1990

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