Conus martinianus

Conus martinianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus martinianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. martinianus
Binomial name
Conus martinianus
Reeve, 1844
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Phasmoconus) martinianus Reeve, 1844 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Phasmoconus martinianus (Reeve, 1844)

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell attains 50 mm. The spire can have a regular conical shape or convex and contains 12 whorls with rather deep, punctulated striae. The smooth body whorl is obtuse at its summit and shows a small number of grooves at its base. The aperture is narrow and becomes almost imperceptibly wider at its anterior extremity, ending in a rather deep indentation. its color is uniform dark brown to lighter brown, interrupted in older specimens by narrow, longitudinal white bands.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and off the Solomon Islands.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus martinianus Reeve, 1844. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429877 on 2015-10-30
  2. Lamarck, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres t.11 (1845) (in French)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
  • "Phasmoconus martinianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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