Conus sydneyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus sydneyensis Sowerby, G.B. III, 1887 | |
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. sydneyensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
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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 not be handled at all, except by qualified federal animal control personnel.
Description
editLength of the shell varies between 21mm and 35mm, weighs medium with slightly convex or straight sides.[2]
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.
References
edit- ^ a b Conus sydneyensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1887. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ "Conus sydneyensis". seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Supplements to the Monograph of Conus and Voluta. Vol. 5 249–279, pls 29–36.
- Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
- 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
edit- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Austroconus sydneyensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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