Conus granum

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

Conus granum
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus granum Röckel, D. & H. Fischöder, 1985
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. granum
Binomial name
Conus granum Röckel & Fischöder, 1985
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Leporiconus) granum Röckel & Fischöder, 1985 · accepted, alternate representation Leporiconus granum (Röckel & Fischöder, 1985)

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 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Maldives, Taiwan; Fiji, New Caledonia, and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)

References

1. Conus granum Röckel & Fischöder, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

• Röckel, D. von & Fischöder, H. 1985. Eine neue Conus-Art von der Philippinen. Spixiana (Munich) 8(1): 67-72
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
• Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
• 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
• "Leporiconus granum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.