Conus tiaratus
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
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| taxon = Conus tiaratus
| image = Tiaratus.JPG
| image2 = Conus tiaratus 1.jpg
| image_caption = shell of Conus tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
| authority = G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|428388|Conus tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833||27 March 2010}}
| synonyms =
- Conus (Virroconus) tiaratus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation
- Conus roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
- Miliariconus tiaratus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
| display_parents = 3
}}
Conus tiaratus, common name the tiara cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their relatives.
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 15 mm and 39 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern Mexico to Peru; off the Galapagos Islands.
References
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- Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. 1939. Smithson. Misc. Collns. 98 (10): 1, plate 1, figure 4,7.
- {{cite journal | last1 = Petit | first1 = R. E. | year = 2009 | title = George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2189 | pages = 1–218 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1}}
- {{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mollus/eyu055 |last1=Puillandre|first1=N.|last2=Duda|first2=T.F.|last3=Meyer|first3=C.|last4=Olivera|first4=B.M.|last5=Bouchet|first5=P.|year=2015|title=One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails|journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies|volume=81|issue=1 |pages=1–23|pmc=4541476|pmid=26300576}}
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=7|id=3977|title=Miliariconus tiaratus|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1833
Category:Taxa named by George Brettingham Sowerby I
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