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Conus kevani

{{short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus kevani

| image = Conus kevani 001.jpg

| image_caption = Shell and protoconch of Conus kevani (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)

| authority = Petuch, 1987

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| synonyms =

  • Conasprelloides kevani (Petuch, 1987)
  • Conus (Dauciconus) kevani Petuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation

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Conus kevani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|428171|Conus kevani Petuch, 1987||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

Original description: "Shell small for genus, thin, fragile; spire elevated with slightly concave sides; shoulder strongly keeled; shoulder keel ornamented with prominent, beadlike coronations; coronations become stronger on last whorl; body whorl heavily sculptured with 30 large cords; fine spiral threads between cords; spire whorls ornamented with 3 thin spiral threads; color pure white with 2 broken bands of pale brown dots, one above mid-body, one below mid-body; interior of aperture white; periostracum thin, pale brown, smooth."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 111. Publ: CERF

The maximum recorded shell length is 17 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}}.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Gulf of Venezuela, near Monges Islands, Venezuela."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 111. Publ: CERF

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 35 m. Maximum recorded depth is 35 m.

References

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  • Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 111, plate 25, figure 8–9.
  • 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

  • [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=24507|title=Conasprelloides kevani|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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kevani

Category:Gastropods described in 1987

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