Conus urashimanus, common name the Urashima cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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| Three views of a shell of Conus urashimanus | |
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. urashimanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus urashimanus Kuroda & Itô, 1961
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs of the Philippines and Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus urashimanus Kuroda & Itô, 1961. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429058 on 2015-12-18
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- 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): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.
External links
edit- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- Gastropods.com: Kioconus recluzianus var. urashimanus
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