Profundiconus teramachii

Profundiconus teramachii, common name Teramachi's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1][2]

Profundiconus teramachii
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, T., 1956)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Profundiconus
Species:
P. teramachii
Binomial name
Profundiconus teramachii
(Kuroda, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asprella (Endemoconus) teramachii Kuroda, 1956 (basionym)
  • Asprella teramachii Kuroda, 1956
  • Conus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
  • Conus torquatus Martens, 1901 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Cucullus torquatus Röding, 1798; Conus neotorquatus is a replacement name)
  • Conus (Profundiconus) tarava Rabiller & Richard, 2014 accepted, alternate designation
  • Leptoconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)

Like all species within the genus Profundiconus, these cone 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 50 mm and 115 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southeast Africa and the Philippines to Southern Japan, and off Queensland, Australia; also on the Tarava Seamounts off Tahiti.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581028 on 2015-03-29
  2. 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
  • Martens, E. von 1901. Einige neue Arten von Meer-Conchylien aus den Sammlugen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 9: 14–26
  • Motta, A.J. da 1985. Two new Conus species. La Conchiglia 17(190–191): 26–28 [27] [replacement name for Conus torquatus von Martens, 1901].
  • 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.
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition.
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • Rabiller M. & Richard G. (2014). Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 5: 25-49 page(s): 39, pl. 6, figs 1-5, 8-13
  • Kuroda, T. 1956. New species of Conidae (Gastropoda) from Japan. Venus 19(1): 1–16
  • The Conus Biodiversity website
  • Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
  • 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
  • "Profundiconus teramachii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Illustrated Catalog of Cone Shells: Conus tarava
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