Conus sculletti

Conus sculletti, common name Scullett's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Conus sculletti
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus sculletti Marsh, J.A., 1962
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. sculletti
Binomial name
Conus sculletti
Marsh, 1962
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Papyriconus) sculletti Marsh, 1962 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Endemoconus sculletti (Marsh, 1962)
  • Papyriconus sculletti (Marsh, 1962)

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 30 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland

References
  1. Conus sculletti Marsh, 1962. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  • Marsh, J.A. (1962). "Two New Cone Shells (Mollusca, Conidae) from Queensland". Journal of the Malacological Soci. 1 (6): 40–42. doi:10.1080/00852988.1962.10673789.
  • Wilson, Barry (1994). Australian Marine Shells: Prosobranch Gastropods (neogastropods). Kallaroo, WA: Odyssey. ISBN 9780646152271.
  • Röckel, Dieter; Korn, Werner; Kohn, Alan J. (1995). Manual of the Living Conidae. Wiesbaden: Hemmen. ISBN 9783925919176.
  • Tucker, John K.; Tenorio, Manuel J. (2009). Systematic Classification of Recent and Fossil Conoidean Gastropods with Keys to the Genera of Cone Shells (1st ed.). Hackenheim: ConchBooks. ISBN 9783939767268.
  • Puillandre, N.; Duda, T. F.; Meyer, C.; Olivera, B. M.; Bouchet, P. (5 September 2014). "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.


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