Conus natalis
Species of sea snail
| Conus natalis | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus natalis Sowerby, G.B. II, 1857 | |
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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. natalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus natalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 | |
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Conus natalis, common name the Natal textile 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 20 mm and 60 mm. The oblong shell is thin, smooth, angulated at the shoulder and sulcate below. It is roseate, minutely angularly lineate with brown, and bifasciate with large maculations. The spire is maculate.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the east coast of South Africa and off Mozambique.
References
- ^ a b Conus natalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1858. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus natalis.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Nataliconus natalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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