Conus dispar

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

Conus dispar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. dispar
Binomial name
Conus dispar
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) dispar G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Gradiconus dispar (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)

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 15 mm and 34 mm. The color of the shell is white or yellowish white, with chestnut-chocolate maculations and spots, variously arranged in revolving series. Sometimes the ground-color of the shell is chestnut, with dark chocolate markings and chocolate aperture. The spire is somewhat concavely elevated, with an acute apex. The epidermis is thin, smooth and translucent.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Mexico and in the Pacific Ocean down to Panama

References
  1. Conus dispar G. B. Sowerby II, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  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 regularis)
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • "Gradiconus dispar". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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