Conus marielae
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus marielae
| image = Conus marielae 002.jpg
| image_caption = Shell and protoconch of Conus marielae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
| authority = Rehder & Wilson, 1975
| synonyms =
- Conus (Phasmoconus) marielae Rehder & Wilson, 1975 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus moluccensis marielae Rehder & Wilson, 1975
- Fulgiconus marielae (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
- Phasmoconus marielae (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
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}}
Conus marielae, common name Mariel's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|567767|Conus marielae Rehder & Wilson, 1975||4 April 2012}}Rehder H. A. & Wilson B. R. (1975). "New Species of Marine Mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1–16. page 14-16. [http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0203.pdf PDF].
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 30 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Marquesas, Tuamotus and the Marshall Islands.
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.
- Monteiro A. (2009) A new subspecies of Conus moluccensis Küster, 1838 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tahiti. Visaya 2(5): 88–90. [September 2009]
- Limpalaër L. & Monnier E. (2012) Phasmoconus alexandrei (Gastropoda: Conidae), a new species from the western Pacific. Visaya 3(5): 21–27. [March 2012]
- [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=3|id=5043|title=Fulgiconus marielae|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1975
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