Conus gilvus
Conus gilvus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
Conus gilvus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. gilvus |
Binomial name | |
Conus gilvus Reeve, 1849 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
The epithet "gilvus" is a Latin word meaning "pale yellow".
Description
The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 38 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and off Indonesia.
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References
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus gilvus Reeve, 1849. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429584 on 2015-09-24
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- 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
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Lividoconus gilvus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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