Conus parvatus
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
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{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus parvatus
| image =Harmoniconus parvatus sharmiensis 01.jpg
| image_caption =Five views of a shell of Conus parvatus Walls, J.G., 1979
| authority = Walls, 1979
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|215560|Conus parvatus Walls, 1979||27 March 2010}}
| synonyms =
- Conus (Harmoniconus) parvatus Walls, 1979 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus musicus parvatus Walls, 1979 (original rank)
- Conus parvatus sharmiensis Wils, 1986
- Conus pusillus Reeve, 1843 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus pusillus Lamarck, 1810)
- Conus pusillus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus pusillus Lamarck, 1810)
- Harmoniconus parvatus (Walls, 1979)
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}}
Conus parvatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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.
The subspecies Conus parvatus sharmiensis Wils, 1986 is a synonym of Conus parvatus Walls, 1979
Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
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
{{Commons category}}
- [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=4952|title=Harmoniconus parvatus|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1979
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