Conus orion

Conus orion
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus orion Broderip, W.J., 1833
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. orion
Binomial name
	Conus orion; Broderip, 1833
Synonyms[1]
	Conus (Dauciconus) orion Broderip, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus drangai Schwengel, 1955; Poremskiconus orion (Broderip, 1833); Purpuriconus orion (Broderip, 1833);

Conus orion, common name the Orion cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

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 17 mm and 32 mm. The broader shell is angular at the shoulder. The color of the shell is dark brown with maculated white bands and rather continuous revolving lines of darker brown. The spire is convex and maculated with chestnut.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Colombia.

gollark: Other way round I believe?

gollark: No, yours actually includes useful things like the UI library and not just "hahaha look I have made a desktop and application launch menu".

gollark: https://gist.github.com/SquidDev/6fa444798bbe01f4068bf82a76ac273f

gollark: It's not even copying Windows, which might be *slightly* useful (it has *some* good bits) as much as just the obvious user visible bits.

gollark: There are so many vaguely Windows-type things which just randomly add a GUI and start menu and stuff and it helps nobody.

References

Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus orion. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428226 on 2015-11-13
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus vittatus var. orion)

Schwengel, J. S. 1955. Nautilus. 69 (1): 13, plate 2, figure 1-7
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
Tenorio M.J., Tucker J.K. & Chaney H.W. (2012) The families Conilithidae and Conidae. The cones of the Eastern Pacific. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
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

The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
"Purpuriconus orion". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus orion. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428226 on 2015-11-13

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus vittatus var. orion)