5-401: See List of Conus species Conus is a genus of venomous (with many species having venom lethal to humans) and predatory sea snails , or cone snails , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae . Prior to 2009, it included all cone snail species but is now more precisely defined, as are other cone snail genera. The thick shell of species in the genus Conus sensu stricto ,
10-466: A large number of species have been moved to other genera. This list with about 800 accepted species relies on the taxonomy used in the World Register of Marine Species and the publication in 2015 by 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 Species within
15-408: A slight sutural sinus. Species in the genus Conus sensu stricto can be found in the tropical and subtropical seas of the world, at depths ranging from the sublittoral (c. 200 m) to 1,000 m (656 to 3,280 ft). They are very variable in some of their characters, such as the tuberculation of the spire and body whorl , striae, colors and the pattern of coloring. The oldest known fossil of Conus
20-402: Is from the lower Eocene , about 55 million years ago. List of Conus species List of Conus species This list of Conus species is a listing of species in the genus Conus , a genus of sea snails , specifically cone snails , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae . For many years, all of the cone snails were placed in the genus Conus . More recently
25-437: Is obconic, with the whorls enrolled upon themselves. The spire is short, smooth or tuberculated. The narrow aperture is elongated with parallel margins and is truncated at the base. The operculum is very small relative to the size of the shell. It is corneous, narrowly elongated, with an apical nucleus, and the impression of the muscular attachment varies from one-half to two-thirds of the inner surface. The outer lip shows
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