Conus lamberti
{{short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus lamberti
| image =Conus lamberti 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Conus lamberti
| authority = Souverbie, 1877
| synonyms =
- Conus (Darioconus) lamberti Souverbie, 1877 · accepted, alternate representation
- Darioconus lamberti (Souverbie, 1877)
| display_parents = 3
}}
Conus lamberti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|428174|Conus lamberti Souverbie, 1877||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 70 mm and 114 mm. The smooth shell is orange-brown, with large subtriangular white patches, mostly arranged so as to indicate three broad bands.[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 off New Caledonia
References
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- Souverbie, [S.-M.] 1877. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 25:71–76, 2 pls. page(s): 71, pl. 1 fig. 1, pl. 2 fig. 7
- [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=1|id=5091|title=Darioconus lamberti|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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