Conus taslei

Conus taslei
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus taslei Kiener, L.C., 1845
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. taslei
Binomial name
Conus taslei
Kiener, 1845
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Lautoconus) taslei Kiener, 1850 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus luridus A. Adams, 1855
  • Lautoconus taslei (Kiener, 1850)

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

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 18 mm and 40 mm. The shell is somewhat top-shaped, with rounded shoulder and sulcate towards the base. It is obscurely marbled with yellowish olive and white, with several darker olivaceous bands. The aperture is chocolate with two or more narrow white bands.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Canary Islands and off West Africa from Senegal to Guinea

References

  1. 1 2 Conus taslei Kiener, 1845.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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