Conus pergrandis

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

Conus pergrandis
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus pergrandis (Iredale, T., 1937)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. pergrandis
Binomial name
Conus pergrandis
(Iredale, 1937)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asprella pergrandis (Iredale, 1937)
  • Conus (Embrikena) pergrandis (Iredale, 1937) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus (Embrikena) potusmarumai Kosuge, 1980
  • Conus fletcheri Petuch & Mendenhall, 1972
  • Conus potusmarumai Kosuge, 1981
  • Embrikena pergrandis Iredale, 1937 (original combination)
  • Embrikena potusmarumai Kosuge, 1980

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 73 mm and 161 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, the Western Pacific and Queensland, Australia.

References
  1. Conus pergrandis (Iredale, 1937). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  • Iredale, T. 1937. Embrikena, a new Genus of the Family Conidae (Phylum Mollusca). Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Embrik Strand, Riga 3: 406–408, pl. 18
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • Kosuge, S. 1980. Description of a new species of the genus Conus. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(5): 81–82
  • Petuch, E.J. & Mendenhall, W. 1972. A new species of Conus from Taiwan. The Veliger 15(2): 96
  • 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
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
  • "Asprella pergrandis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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