Conus jickelii
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus jickelii
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| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus jickelii Weinkauff, H.C., 1873
| authority = Weinkauff, 1873
| synonyms =
- Conus (Phasmoconus) jickelii Weinkauff, 1873 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus minutus Schröter, 1803 (treated by authors as a nomen oblitum)
- Cucullus quadratus Röding, 1798 (treated by authors as a nomen oblitum)
- Phasmoconus jickelii (Weinkauff, 1873)
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Conus jickelii, common name Jickeli's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|428163|Conus jickelii Weinkauff, 1873||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 33 mm and 51 mm. The white shell shows chocolate, irregular, longitudinal markings, and quadrangular spots in revolving series.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden.
References
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- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- [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=9|id=3839|title=Phasmoconus jickelii|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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