Conus nucleus
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus nucleus
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| image =Conus nucleus 2.jpg
| image2 =Conus nucleus 1.jpg
| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus nucleus Reeve, L.A., 1848
| authority = Reeve, 1848
| synonyms =
- Conus (Splinoconus) nucleus Reeve, 1848 · accepted, alternate representation
- Isoconus nucleus (Reeve, 1848)
- Leporiconus nucleus (Reeve, 1848)
| display_parents = 3
}}
Conus nucleus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|215555|Conus nucleus Reeve, 1848||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 16 mm and 25 mm. The shell shows fine revolving striae. Its color is orange-brown, with an irregular white band, and spots. The aperture is violaceous.[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 the Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, the Philippines, the Maldives, Thailand, Guam, the Marshall Islands and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).
References
{{Reflist}}
- Reeve, L.A. 1848. Monograph of the genus Conus. supp. pls 1–3 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
- 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
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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=1|id=5051|title=Leporiconus nucleus|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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