Conus zebra

Conus zebra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

Conus zebra
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus zebra Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. zebra
Binomial name
Conus zebra
Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms[1]
  • Asprella zebra (Lamarck, 1810)
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) zebra Lamarck, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus nahoniaraensis da Motta, 1986
  • Phasmoconus zebra (Lamarck, 1810)

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 40 mm. The shell is cylindrically ovate, with a moderate, smooth spire. The body whorl is encircled below by distant grooves. The shell is clouded with olivaceous, ashy blue and chestnut-brown, with revolving lines articulated of chestnut and white spots. The aperture is brown-stained.[3]

Distribution

This marine species is known to occur off the Solomons, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya, Indonesia and off the Philippines.[2]

References
  1. Conus zebra Lamarck, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. R. M. Filmer (2011). "Taxonomic revision of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae). Part II: The Conus stramineus complex". Visaya. 3 (4): 4–66.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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