Conus maculiferus 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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| Drawing of a shell of Conus maculiferus | |
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. maculiferus
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| Conus maculiferus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description edit
The size of the shell attains 30 mm. The shell is wide, with a short spire and slightly coronate. Its color is yellowish white with two revolving series of irregular longitudinal chestnut markings, which are sometimes partially connected one with another in each series.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus maculiferus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429720 on 2015-10-24
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
- 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