Conus zebra

{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus zebra

| image =Conus zebra 1.jpg

| image2 =Conus zebra 2.jpg

| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus zebra Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810

|status = DD

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{Cite iucn |title=Conus zebra |author=Duda, T. |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T192280A2065140 |date= 2013 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192280A2065140.en |access-date=20 July 2024}}

| authority = Lamarck, 1810

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| synonyms =

  • Asprella zebra (Lamarck, 1810)
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) zebra Lamarck, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus nahoniaraensis da Motta, 1986
  • Phasmoconus zebra (Lamarck, 1810)

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Conus zebra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|428416|Conus zebra Lamarck, 1810||27 March 2010}}{{cite journal |author=R. M. Filmer |year=2011 |title=Taxonomic revision of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae). Part II: The Conus stramineus complex |journal=Visaya |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=4–66}}

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 20 mm and 40 mm. The shell is cylindrically ovate, with a moderate, smooth spire. The body whorl is encircled below by distant grooves. The shell is clouded with olivaceous, ashy blue and chestnut-brown, with revolving lines articulated of chestnut and white spots. The aperture is brown-stained.[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 is known to occur off the Solomons, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya, Indonesia and off the Philippines.

References

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  • {{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}}