Conus melvilli
Conus melvilli, common name Melvill's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[3]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus melvilli Sowerby, G.B. III, 1879 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. melvilli |
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| Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 [2] | |
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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 18 mm and 32 mm. The solid shell is abbreviately subcylindrical, and obtusely angulated. It is smooth and crenate-sulcate in front. ts color is grayish white, with cinnamon brown longitudinal clouds, and undulating revolving lines. The interstices show some curved longitudinal lines. The obtuse spire is strigate with brown. The aperture is brown-tinted.[4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Oman, in the Persian Gulf and perhaps off the Maldives
References
- Raybaudi-Massilia, G. 2013. Conus melvilli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T192715A2148017.
- Sowerby (iii), G. B. III, 1878. Descriptions of ten new Species of Shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 795 -798
- Conus melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1879. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 July 2011.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Sowerby, G. B., III. 1879. Descriptions of ten new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878:795–798, pl. 48.
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
- 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
- "Quasiconus melvilli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
