Conus fumigatus, common name the smoky 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 fumigatus Hwass in Bruguière, J.G., 1792 | |
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. fumigatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus fumigatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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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.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 69 mm.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea off Ethiopia; in the Libyan part of the Mediterranean Sea (as an introduced species).
References
edit- ^ Raybaudi-Massilia, G. (2013). "Conus fumigatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192270A2063623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192270A2063623.en. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ a b Conus fumigatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- Bruguière J.G. (1789–1792). Encyclopdie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Pancoucke, Paris. Vol. 1, part 1, p. 1–344 [June 1789]; Vol. 1, part 2, p. 345–758 [13 Feb. 1792; dates after N. EVENHUIS, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207]; Atlas pl. 1–189 [1791]; pl. 190–286 [1797] pl. 287–390 [1798] pl. 391–488
- 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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus fumigatus.
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Splinoconus fumigatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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