Conus magellanicus
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus magellanicus
| image = Conus magellanicus 1.jpg
| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus magellanicus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792
| authority = Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|428197|Conus magellanicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792||27 March 2010}}
| synonyms =
- Conus (Dauciconus) magellanicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus cidaris Kiener, 1845>
- Conus ornatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (junior secondary homonym of Cucullus ornatus Röding, 1798)
- Conus speciosissimus Reeve, 1848
- Magelliconus magellanicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
- Purpuriconus magellanicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
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Conus magellanicus is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs 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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama, Mexico, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 26 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}}. The smooth shell shows distant revolving striae, the upper ones nearly obsolete. The spire is concavely depressed, with a raised pink apex and is somewhat tuberculate. Its color is yellowish with a band of irregular white blotches dotted and shaded with chestnut in the center, and smaller ones at the upper part and base.[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]
Habitat
References
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- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218]
- [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=2|id=6372|title=Magelliconus magellanicus|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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