Conus klemae

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Conus klemae
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Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus klemae (Cotton, B.C., 1953)
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. klemae
Binomial name
Conus klemae
(Cotton, 1953)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Klemaeconus) klemae (Cotton, 1953) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus coralinus Habe & Kosuge, 1970
  • Floraconus klemae (Cotton, 1953)
  • Klemaeconus klemae (Cotton, 1953)
  • Rhizoconus klemae Cotton, 1953 (original combination)
  • Rhizoconus coralinus Habe, T. & Kosuge, S. 1970 (junior homonym of Conus corallinus Kiener, 1845)
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Conus klemae, common name the Clem's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 86 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to South Australia and Western Australia.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Conus klemae (Cotton, 1953).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  • Cotton, B.C. 1953. New Species and Records of Mollusca from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 21-26, 2 pls
  • Habe, T. & Kosuge, S. 1970. Descriptions of two new species of cone shell from the Philippines and Taiwan. Venus 29(3): 81-83, pl. 15
  • Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
  • Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
  • 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

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