Conus caillaudi

Species of sea snail

Conus caillaudi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. caillaudi
Binomial name
*Conus caillaudi* Kiener, 1845
Synonyms^[2]
Conus (Splinoconus) caillaudi Kiener, 1846 Kioconus (Ongoconus) caillaudi (Kiener, 1846) Kioconus caillaudi (Kiener, 1846)

Conus caillaudi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

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 24 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs at Cargados Carajos in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and off Réunion.

References

^ Veldsman, S.G. (2013). "Conus caillaudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192289A2066275. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192289A2066275.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b Conus caillaudi Kiener, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88016 Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
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