Conus zebroides
Species of sea snail
| Conus zebroides | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus zebroides Kiener, L.C., 1849 | |
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Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (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. zebroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus zebroides Kiener, 1845 [2] | |
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Conus zebroides, common name, the Quaga cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, known as the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[3]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 51 mm. The shell is yellowish brown, longitudinally, irregularly striped with chestnut, extending over the spire.[4]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Angola.
Gallery
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Conus zebroides Kiener, L.C., 1849 -
Conus zebroides Kiener, L.C., 1849 -
Conus zebroides Kiener, L.C., 1849
References
- ^ Tenorio, M.J. (2013). "Conus zebroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T5273A3014429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T5273A3014429.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Kiener, L. C., 1845. Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes, 2
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus zebroides Kiener, 1848. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224487 on 2015-12-31
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- 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
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
- Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition.
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus zebroides.
- "Varioconus zebroides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
