| Conus binghamae | |
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| Shell and protoconch of Conus binghamae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. binghamae |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus binghamae Petuch, 1987 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus binghamae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, thin and delicate; spire low, with early whorls protracted; body whorl shiny, sculptured with fine spiral cords; spiral cords become stronger and larger around anterior one-third of body whorl; shoulder sharply-angled; aperture narrow; shell color pattern comprising darkly-colored anterior one-third and mid-body band of large square-shaped flammules; unpatterned posterior one-half of body whorl with rows of tiny dots; color varying from red, orange, apricot-yellow, to pink and bluish-purple (holotype reddish-orange with darker red-orange mid-body band and anterior tip); spire whorls with numerous crescent-shaped flammules; aperture of holotype dark red-orange; protoconch and early whorls bright yellow on all specimens, regardless of body whorl color."[2]
The size of the shell attains 19 mm.
Distribution
Locus typicus: "(Trawled from) 200 feet depth off Dania,
Broward County, Florida, USA."[3]
This marine species of Cone snail occurs off Southeast Florida,
at a depth of 61 m.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus binghamae Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429330 on 2015-07-30
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 29. Publ: CERF
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 29. Publ: CERF
- Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 29, plate 5, figure 1-2.
- Tucker J. T. (2013) The cone shells of Florida. An illustrated key and a review of the Recent species. 155 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
- 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
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Kellyconus binghamae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.