Conus araneosus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Conidae
Genus
Conus
Species
Conus araneosus
Scientific Name
Conus araneosus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Conus araneosus

Conus araneosus, common name the cobweb cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

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.

Subspecies
  • Conus araneosus araneosus [Lightfoot], 1786
  • Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
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Conus araneosus in languages:

English
Cobweb Cone
Japanese
マサゴイモ

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Conus araneosus
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Conus araneosus
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Conus araneosus
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Conus araneosus
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Conus araneosus
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