Conus tenuilineatus
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus tenuilineatus Rolan, E.M. & D. Rockel, 2001 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. tenuilineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus tenuilineatus Rolán & Röckel, 2001
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus tenuilineatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging and injecting humans with their jagged spear-like tooth after extending a tubular proboscis. This venom induces paralyzing effects, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 29 mm, and are of least concern regarding extinction (2001). Ground colour of shell is white or light brown tinted with wavy or straight, brown, hair-lines from spire to base, flowing together at shoulder and base, occasionally punctated and forming traces of a spiral-band at the central area. Specimens from Santa Maria and Canoco may have light bluish-white ground colour and a light violet aperture with two white bands at centre and shoulder.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.
References
- ^ a b Conus tenuilineatus Rolán & Röckel, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
- ^ "Conus tenuilineatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conus tenuilineatus Rolán & Röckel, 2001". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- Rolán E. & Röckel D. 2001. The endemic Conus of Angola. 2. Description of three new species. Iberus 19(2): 57–66.
- 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
- The Conus Biodiversity website
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
- "Varioconus tenuilineatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.