Conus monilifer

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

Conus monilifer
Drawing of a shell of Conus monilifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. monilifer
Binomial name
Conus monilifer Broderip, 1833
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Dauciconus) monilifer Broderip, 1833 · accepted, alternate representation Conus ferrugatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Conus selectus A. Adams, 1855 Gradiconus monilifer (Broderip, 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 35 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Ecuador.

References

1. Conus monilifer Broderip, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

• Adams A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 23: 119–124
• 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
• "Gradiconus monilifer". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.