Conus adamsonii, common name the rhododendron cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus adamsonii Broderip, W.J., 1836 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. adamsonii
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| Conus adamsonii Broderip, 1836
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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.
The species was described from a specimen in the collection of John Adamson.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 26.4 mm and 56 mm. The spire is depressed, channeled and striate. The body whorl is grooved above and below, smooth in the middle. The color of the shell is rosy white, with numerous small triangular chestnut spots and three bands of violaceous and chestnut clouds and reticulations.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). "Conus adamsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192848A2173431. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192848A2173431.en. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ a b Conus adamsonii Broderip, 1836. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 March 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus rhododendron )
- Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
- 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
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- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Textilia adamsonii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.